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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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He said the Polmadie breakdown had created a perfect storm.

From BBC Sep. 23, 2026

Miami, too, had singled him out as the perfect player to take them to their first national championship since 2001.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 23, 2026

In theory, they are a perfect use for this tool.

From Slate Sep. 23, 2026

In a perfect world, we could focus our ire on the cynical, greedy and ruthless celebrities who treat their fans as saps.

From MarketWatch Sep. 23, 2026

The day was sunny and warm, perfect for a wedding.

From "Rump: The (Fairly) True Story of Rumpelstilskin" by Liesl Shurtliff

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

Ingredients may change as it perfects its brew.

From BBC Sep. 12, 2024

What I know of Science applicable to Farming is little indeed; but I know that there is such Science, and that each succeeding year enlarges, improves, and perfects it.

From What I know of farming: a series of brief and plain expositions of practical agriculture as an art based upon science by Horace Greeley

Whether it is Borussia Dortmund's famous 'Yellow Wall' or the displays that fill the stands of Bayern Munich's Allianz Arena, Germany has long perfected the art of the tifo.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

It seems M has perfected the art of using candor as a carapace, so that the image of her authentic self recedes the more Cusk’s writer spends time with her.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 24, 2026

After I lost my longtime gig, I decided to launch my own private computer course, based on strategies I’d perfected for decades.

From Salon Aug. 24, 2026

Apple under Cook has perfected a business model that limits the capital it employs to run its business.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 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

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

Multiple employees were perfecting the already-perfect plateaus of bell peppers and apples in the produce section.

From Los Angeles Times May 25, 2026

Why did he become obsessed with perfecting it?

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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