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Producer Jack Antonoff has described making Sabrina Carpenter's Please, Please, Please with physical instruments, played imperfectly, as a reaction to the clinical nature of modern pop.

From BBC Dec. 29, 2025

They’re erecting nets over roads or attaching metal cages to vehiclesto imperfectly shield them.

From The Wall Street Journal Nov. 5, 2025

It might acknowledge they were following the policy imperfectly, but it’ll say: Kristi Noem, the Secretary of Homeland Security, told agents to do this.

From Slate Oct. 24, 2025

These principles, though imperfectly implemented, have proven invaluable to Americans.

From MarketWatch Oct. 13, 2025

So the only light came from pinprick holes in the walls, and from a sketchy rectangle that outlined the imperfectly fitted door.

From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut




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