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imperfection

[im-per-fek-shuhn] / ˌɪm pərˈfɛk ʃən /


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It’s always the imperfection of everything you’ve ever written, that’s what keeps you writing.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

But he seemed unwilling to transform that imperfection into a constitutional defect in which counsel, in his view, still had “every opportunity” to make the point and did not.

From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026

“It’s the color, the grain, the imperfection of it all,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 12, 2025

"When they were out of style they were seen as an imperfection, now they're associated with the summer and an active lifestyle - they've become desirable," Jemma says.

From BBC • Aug. 3, 2025

Closer, in fact, to him than to his own father, for Macon had no imperfection and age seemed to strengthen him.

From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison




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