imperfection
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Instead, the star believes diversity and imperfection, particularly when it comes to food, is important - we "should celebrate the tomato or the onion that comes out of the ground not looking perfect".
From BBC ● May 9, 2026
Aesthetically, the nostalgia obsession will continue, with indicators of tactility, texture and imperfection becoming increasingly significant.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 23, 2025
Real performances carry with them a beautiful imperfection, and it is within this often messy mortality that they feel truly alive.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2025
Ethan is the picture of imperfection, and in his flaws, we see ourselves.
From Salon ● May 24, 2025
To seek the imperfection in the chain that keeps you in bondage.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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Do we accept humans, or humanlike creations, as they are, for all of their imperfections?
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
At lower temperatures, tiny imperfections within the material had the greatest influence on the quantum effect.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 4, 2026
The chips with slight imperfections still function well.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 18, 2026
"It doesn't matter what you post, someone always has something negative or not nice to say," said Cat, who wants to show her own "imperfections" to give other mums something to relate to.
From BBC ● May 13, 2026
I described the hinge that never quite fastened, the edges that didn’t line up, and the paint that dried a little bumpy—so many imperfections that usually would have bugged me but didn’t.
From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison
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