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perfect

[pur-fikt, per-fekt] / ˈpɜr fɪkt, pərˈfɛkt /






Usage

What are other ways to say perfect? The adjective perfect emphasizes completeness, and also high quality and absence of defects or blemishes: a perfect diamond. Complete implies that a certain unit has all its parts or is fully developed or perfected, and may apply to a process or purpose carried to fulfillment: a complete explanation. Intact implies retaining completeness and original condition: a package delivered intact. Entire means whole, having unbroken unity: an entire book. 

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And in states like Tennessee, which does not carry out many lethal injection executions, members of the execution team do not have the chance to perfect their skill by using it a lot.

From Salon ● Oct. 3, 2026

Boyle sent a short video, and there’s Densmore, still keeping perfect time at 81.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

"At just 50-100 nanometers wide, these particles are the perfect compass needles," said Harrison.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

I sterilized them, perfect for making yogurt in, to give to friends with my homemade granola.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 2, 2026

The dogs were working evenly, the gangline up through the middle of them thrumming with the rhythm it has when they are working in perfect tandem.

From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen

As “Maddie’s Secret” continues, and the titular Maddie falls deeper into the grasp of her titular secret, Early perfects that push and pull.

From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026

The avatar perfects the theater, showing up with scripted answers.

From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026

Ever wondered how an actor from Brisbane, Australia, perfects a Northern accent?

From BBC ● Feb. 5, 2026

Just as a chef perfects a dish by experimenting with flavors and textures, the researchers used an iterative process, testing variations to find the ideal structure for the ionizable lipid.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2024

Analysis of the Notion of Perfection.—It is the realization of the end or object or purpose of a nature that perfects the latter, and so far formally constitutes the goodness of this nature.

From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey

And they weren’t trying to maintain an existing aesthetic but to stand out with the best version of perfected artificiality money could buy.

From Salon ● Oct. 1, 2026

X factor: It’s uniquely cool to be wielding weapons with so much history, whose use has been perfected over thousands of years.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026

How AQR perfected tax-loss harvesting to help the rich get richer.

From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026

China dominates production of the materials that go into today’s leading battery technologies that are based on lithium-ion chemistry, even though it was perfected in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

“Well, he did begin Ford Motor Company, but he didn’t invent the car. He perfected the moving assembly line, which was a very clever way to build a lot of cars fast.”

From "Fish in a Tree" by Lynda Mullaly Hunt

"It's something we spend lots of time and money perfecting," said Sasaki, a fellow voice actor, adding that "we support Tsuda wholeheartedly".

From Barron's ● Sep. 27, 2026

While others were perfecting their sourdough loaves or getting into bird-watching during the pandemic, Facundo Monteiro Kempf, a 35-year-old who works in cybersecurity for Microsoft, was memorizing Burgundian vineyard classifications.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026

Here in the United States, Mikel Arteta's dedication to perfecting Arsenal's routines is an approach England head coach Tuchel is looking to replicate.

From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026

The company’s ability to operate space-based data centers and ramp up rocket launches depends on perfecting critical technology.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026

Goldman worked on his decision tree for years, steadily refining and perfecting it.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell




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