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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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"What we've done is bred these animals, cast them aside and then given them the perfect environment...then we've given them these amazing tall buildings to perch in and to nest in," Joyce said.

From BBC Jul. 24, 2026

Your stepmother might say: “Of course, my dear, that makes perfect sense. I appreciate you telling me in advance.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 23, 2026

The perfect one is raw spinach and banana.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 23, 2026

We also want to get an auto pen so we can write handwritten cards for guests because it’s kind of hard to write perfect handwriting in different languages and in cursive.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 23, 2026

Ambient splashing and conversation from the lake made the perfect soundtrack to what I’d always imagined to be the best first date ever.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith

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

We observe, too, the earliness and efficacy of His work on the minds of some, so that "out of the mouths of babes and sucklings He perfects His own praise."

From The Little Gleaner, Vol. X. A Monthly Magazine for the Young by Various

Party Puffs started out selling ice cream and lemonade until Barham perfected his signature hot dog on a stick using his mother’s cornbread recipe.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 22, 2026

Screenwriter-director John Hughes perfected the big-screen comedic treatment of travel gone south with classics such as “Home Alone,” “National Lampoon’s Vacation” and “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.”

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 8, 2026

During the album’s rollout, the pop star’s visage was perfected with the help of some uncanny AI smoothing, while her accompanying “Confessions II” short film featured a team of AI artists in the credits.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

To see where this leads, look at Tibet, where Beijing perfected its system of social control.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 28, 2026

Magdalys tried to do the innocent-child face that Sabeen had perfected, but she was pretty sure it wasn’t working.

From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older

Hunched over sizzling grills and shrouded in smoke, trainees at the Yueyang Barbecue Academy in southern China roast skewer after skewer of succulent beef tendon, perfecting the skills that could land them a restaurant job.

From Barron's Jul. 2, 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

As she said, when you are in the studio, you are perfecting a moment.

From Los Angeles Times Apr. 14, 2026

Why did he become obsessed with perfecting it?

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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