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The side serving of jasmine rice and roti was the perfect antidote to the addictive lingering spice hit.
From Salon ● Aug. 30, 2026
Snell had cruised through the first two innings, a Texas leaguer into shallow right field the only blemish on an otherwise perfect beginning.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 29, 2026
And at Dol-llys, where she moved in early 2020, she found the perfect combination of community and privacy.
From BBC ● Aug. 29, 2026
The author recalls an interview he did with the herpetologist: Despite this account not conforming to reality, “everything Wells was telling me made perfect sense,” he writes.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
He raised his head, opened one eye, did a perfect double take—both eyes opening wide—and sat up.
From "Woodsong" by Gary Paulsen
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
Action formally actualizes or perfects the patiens: actio fit in passo.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
The feature-length archival documentaries Mr. Doherty describes in detail in his book are “not high-profile titles”—it would take years for the techniques they pioneered to be perfected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
Once perfected, this AI will essentially take over its own development, continuously building and improving its next version.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 12, 2026
How AQR perfected tax-loss harvesting to help the rich get richer.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
When Jamie Overton perfected his wide yorker, Brook simply reached across and audaciously sliced it over deep third for six.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
The blue day—even the watery reflections in the stained-glass windows seemed curated, cultivated, perfected.
From "Tradition" by Brendan Kiely
By perfecting coal-to-chemical processing over many years, it has further protected the country against disruptions to oil supplies, said Helen Qiao, Greater China economist at Bank of America.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 29, 2026
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
She tried to busy herself with perfecting putting her marvel light inside her stellacity sphere, learning the rules of Marvel Combat, and reading everything she could about the origins of the Arcanum.
From "The Marvellers" by Dhonielle Clayton
Vocabulary lists containing perfect
Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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