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Greatest work of an artist, writer or composer.

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Usage of magnum opus in English
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Infinite Jest, his magnum opus, represents all of these feelings and more.
The Guardian
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All that he could say feebly was:-But ,butit's my magnum opus!
Plain Tales from the Hills
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And thus the early outlines of my magnum opus began to take shape.
Drood: a novel
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He is hard at work on his magnum opus, Lawrence Welk in Cyberspace.
Wired
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Insurance I won't sugar coat it-insuranceis Satan's magnum opus, his 9th Symphony.
Climbing Magazine
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Is he working double tides to finish his magnum opus?
Fraternity
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Here is the fruit of my leisured ease, the magnum opus of my latter years!
Sherlock holmes: the complete illustrated novels
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But time waits for no men and the lads have finally produced their magnum opus.
The Irish Times
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So concluded the historian Arnold Toynbee in his 12-volume magnum opus A Study of History.
BBC
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Coyne has long been a champion of King Crimson's magnum opus, first released in 1969.
The Guardian
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His magnum opus resulted from a visit in 1982 to the Giant's Causeway, Co Antrim.
The Irish Times
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A phrase in Latin caught his eye: magnum opus.
The Necromancer
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If I have a magnum opus, this is it.
America’s Secret Establishment
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That is right;-keepto your ' magnum opus '-magnoperateaway.
Life of Lord Byron, Vol. 5 / With His Letters and Journals
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His magnum opus Revenge of the Ninja still stands as the best of the genre.
Wired
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By anal­ogy, imagine a skilled artist who encounters difficulties with one great painting, his magnum opus.
Heaven