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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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The poem was first published as an Irish Times Poem of the Week before later appearing in Cullen's third collection, Conditional Perfect.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Perfect length, Kane not able to get a proper stride.

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

In another of those cases, a series of explanation-of-benefit statements listed bills from the Perfect Child totaling $510,000 for services performed over just two months in 2024.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

Insurers’ fraud warnings, a nearly $1 million surprise therapy bill and the back story of a visit to the Brooklyn-based provider the Perfect Child.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 3, 2026

When Mrs. Baker came, he got in the front seat with her, and Mrs. Baker drove me to the Perfect House.

From "The Wednesday Wars" by Gary D. Schmidt




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