perfect specimen
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As Jackie Higgins explains in her brilliant new book, “Sentient,” these heightened tactile abilities make this little-known creature the perfect specimen to help scientists explore the sense of touch in other animals, including humans.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 21, 2022
But this time we have a complete, perfect specimen.
From Scientific American ● Jun. 17, 2020
Avery finds a lifeline in Renee, who impresses her by being a perfect specimen of exactly the regular, down-to-earth demographic they’re trying to reach.
From Slate ● Apr. 19, 2018
Both are white and beautiful, with the likable Mr. Pratt suggesting a new-and-improved perfect specimen of a familiar jock type.
From New York Times ● Dec. 20, 2016
I’d spent my life imagining all the ways she’d loved me, what a perfect specimen of a mother she was.
From "The Secret Life of Bees" by Sue Monk Kidd
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