perfection
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“Everything is done to the highest order of perfection, and there is thought in every little detail,” the Chinese president said through a translator.
From Salon ● Sep. 28, 2026
Chason Gordon investigates the rise of produce bred for perfection, and argues that there are unintended consequences to making fruit too delicious.
From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026
After years of chasing perfection, Tomlinson says she finds comfort in knowing that she may never be the world’s greatest anything.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 22, 2026
Indeed, the SMC call themselves “materialists”—more interested in changing real-world policies and conditions than ideological perfection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026
His hair was smoothed to perfection, his canvas shoes a chaste white, and he looked sporty in his linen knickers, his belted coat with a boutonniere of Queen Anne’s Lace, and his ribbed, knee-length hose.
From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey
Vocabulary lists containing perfection
"Imperfect Me"
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James Monroe's First Inaugural Address (1817)
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