imperfection
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Even so, the larger emotional arc of family ties, with all their tragedy and imperfection, lifts “Whisper Man” from the typical confines of serial-killer drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
That demand for endearing imperfection is also helping to sustain one of the country's oldest papermaking traditions.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
But he seemed unwilling to transform that imperfection into a constitutional defect in which counsel, in his view, still had “every opportunity” to make the point and did not.
From Slate ● Apr. 10, 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
To accept imperfection and look to a rising vision of all we could never be?
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
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Its benefits appear natural and permanent; its imperfections, intolerable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 19, 2026
In an age of AI-generated images and machine-manufactured products, it may be those imperfections that keep some of Britain's oldest skills alive.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
Or it could be worry that comes from helping the children understand a plan designed to protect them from their weaknesses requires a discussion of those imperfections.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
Do we accept humans, or humanlike creations, as they are, for all of their imperfections?
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
In the midst of Kepler’s mathematical raptures, and despite his sequestered life, the imperfections of the outside world must also have molded his character.
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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