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perfecting

ADJECTIVE

maturing

Synonyms

STRONG

advancing aging blossoming consummating developing evolving growing mellowing preparing sprouting sweetening

WEAK

growing up

Antonyms

WEAK

declining dying fading

ADJECTIVE

realizing

Synonyms

STRONG

accomplishing actualizing attaining completing consummating doing fulfilling performing reaching

ADJECTIVE

refining

Synonyms

STRONG

civilizing clarifying cleaning cultivating distillation elevating focusing honing improving polishing purifying sharpening

NOUN

development

Synonyms

STRONGEST

advancement evolution expansion improvement increase progress

STRONG

addition adulthood advance augmentation boost buildup chrysalis developing enlargement flowering hike maturation maturity ontogenesis ontogeny progression reinforcement ripening spread spreading unfolding

WEAK

adding to advancing augmenting elaborating evolvement evolving increasing making progress maturing ongoing reinforcing unraveling upgrowth upping

Antonyms

STRONGEST

decline decrease halt retreat retrogression stoppage

STRONG

lessening reduction shrinkage stagnation withdrawal

NOUN

unfolding

Synonyms

STRONGEST

flowering

STRONG

addition adulthood advance advancement advancing augmentation augmenting boost buildup developing elaborating enlargement evolution evolving expansion growth hike improvement increase increasing maturation maturing maturity progress progression reinforcement reinforcing ripening spread spreading unraveling upping

WEAK

adding to evolvement making progress ongoing upgrowth

Antonyms

STRONG

decline decrease diminishment failure halt lessening loss reduction retreat retrogression shrinkage stagnation stop stoppage subtraction withdrawal

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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

One day during practice, we were perfecting our sliding technique.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

The move laid bare a strategy that Silicon Valley has been perfecting for years: ditch the tech-sceptics of the traditional press, and build your own media.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

It was in Sweden, and they’d been perfecting this thing for half a decade.

From "Five Feet Apart" by Rachael Lippincott

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