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Describing the council as a "tightly run ship", a spokesperson said it had faced "the perfect storm" of a decade of reduced government funding and year-on-year rises in service costs.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026
If it gets the go-ahead, Jackdaw would be ready in "perfect time for the winter season when you need more gas," he added.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
But sometimes the perfect name is right in front of you.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
Professor Wright added: "We predict that honeybees have evolved to create glandular secretions which are the perfect food for their larvae, providing them with the ratios of essential amino acids that maximize growth."
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
I’d scheduled the event so carefully—with as much time as possible to organize the perfect night, but well before his expected return so he wouldn’t be able to stop me.
From "The Red Car to Hollywood" by Jennie Liu
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
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
"Stephenson perfects the idea of a railway, from start to finish," said Snow.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024
Action formally actualizes or perfects the patiens: actio fit in passo.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
Once perfected, this AI will essentially take over its own development, continuously building and improving its next version.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
How AQR perfected tax-loss harvesting to help the rich get richer.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
When Jamie Overton perfected his wide yorker, Brook simply reached across and audaciously sliced it over deep third for six.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Ranch dressing was pioneered in Alaska, popularized on a dude ranch in California and perfected by food scientists before it spread all over the nation and on every food imaginable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
There is so much that can be done with this technique, if it is perfected.
From "Flowers for Algernon" by Daniel Keyes
Thomas Edison’s “invention factory” transformed a rural hamlet into the birthplace of the modern age, by perfecting the first commercially viable incandescent light.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
He said that in a world focused on technology, where people can become caught up in making videos or perfecting production, writing requires nothing more than a pen and paper.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 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
Multiple employees were perfecting the already-perfect plateaus of bell peppers and apples in the produce section.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
We were quickly perfecting the art of scavenging.
From "Between Shades of Gray" by Ruta Sepetys
Vocabulary lists containing perfect
Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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