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With the Chiba Lotte Marines in 2022, he threw a perfect game with 19 strikeouts, then followed it up with eight more perfect frames in his next game.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
The pandemic response was far from perfect, and there are tons of legitimate critiques.
From Slate ● Jul. 29, 2026
The figurative enemy, Hofstadter wrote, “is a perfect model of malice, a kind of amoral superman — sinister, ubiquitous, powerful, cruel, sensual, luxury-loving.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
The area of relatively flat countryside was chosen by pioneering astronomer Sir Bernard Lovell as the perfect place to build an observatory because of its quiet radio environment, far away from interference.
From BBC ● Jul. 28, 2026
I’ve been thinking about that all evening, too, and I have the perfect name.
From "Code Name Kingfisher" by Liz Kessler
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
Vergennes, Comte de, French minister, policy toward the American Revolution, 505-506, 507; perfects an alliance, 508; sends De Grasse to America, 530; dealings with John Adams, 532-533; treaty of peace, 534-538.
From The Colonization of North America 1492-1783 by Bolton, Herbert Eugene
We have perfected the military-industrial complex in a way that no other nation in history has.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
He’d eventually join the MGM art department, where he perfected a visual effect technique called “matte painting.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 26, 2026
It is debatable whether Leonardo, or some anonymous artisan, perfected the design, but the first wheellocks emerged soon after.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
“It’s just the Newsom first couple has perfected it and moved it forward.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
According to proponents, when the technology is perfected and extended it will surely lead to new possibilities for therapy.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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
In purifying and perfecting their homes’ water, he says, homeowners of the future will demineralize and remineralize what comes out of the tap, and then pump it full of oxygen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 12, 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
I think it takes years of perfecting a craft to become a stylist.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 18, 2026
Goldman worked on his decision tree for years, steadily refining and perfecting it.
From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell
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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