imperfection
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Even so, the larger emotional arc of family ties, with all their tragedy and imperfection, lifts “Whisper Man” from the typical confines of serial-killer drama.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 27, 2026
That demand for endearing imperfection is also helping to sustain one of the country's oldest papermaking traditions.
From BBC ● Aug. 1, 2026
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
Each one of our steps leaves deep footprints in the browning sand, another imperfection along with the streaks of dirt, tufts of grass, and collections of mossy rocks on the beach.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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"It's only £2 a photo and people are already stealing and, with AI getting better, it may be harder to see the imperfections," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
Bots are now working to beat this system, too, trying to mimic the small imperfections of real human movement with tools that add natural-looking curves and randomness to the path of a mouse.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026
Their results showed that nanoscale particles once viewed as imperfections to be eliminated could instead provide useful sites for droplet formation.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 23, 2026
Or it could be worry that comes from helping the children understand a plan designed to protect them from their weaknesses requires a discussion of those imperfections.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 29, 2026
The slight imperfections of Kang’s vessels disappeared in the light that seemed to blaze from the pure-white blossoms.
From "A Single Shard" by Linda Sue Park
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