imperfect
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His voice is cracked, imperfect and soulful—he shows his age on a project that mostly seems to be about hiding it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
Japan Inc. is responding with a frenzy of stock splits, 60 of them in the first quarter of 2026 alone—an imperfect remedy at best.
From Barron's ● Jun. 25, 2026
Regardless, the reappearance of such imperfect candidates each cycle tells a bitter story about what voters will put up with to win.
From Salon ● Jun. 21, 2026
She accepts that any ban will be "imperfect" but also agrees the government cannot do nothing; despite the evidence on social media harms itself being complex.
From BBC ● Jun. 20, 2026
Here’s a memory, which like most memories is imperfect and subjective—collected long ago like a beach pebble and slipped into the pocket of my mind.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing imperfect
"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Sonnet 43," Vocabulary from the poems
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"Imperfect Me"
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President Obama's second inaugural address
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