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Perfected all the things that he wanted to perfect.
From Los Angeles Times β Sep. 7, 2026
Away from my job as a BBC TV cameraman, I have always had an interest in wildlife photography, and Strumpshaw is a perfect place to indulge in this passion.
From BBC β Sep. 6, 2026
We chose Shikoku because it is one of the world’s bike-touring gems, perfect for us slow-moving retirees.
From The Wall Street Journal β Sep. 6, 2026
The millennials’ Williamsburg was not perfect, but at least it was special, and in this era of tech bros sitting at the helm of the neighborhood, it risks losing all swag entirely.
From Slate β Sep. 6, 2026
Such perfect control is only possible when a child is taken at an early age and carefully and continually taught to practice the muscles which grow stiff in later years.
From "American Spirits" by Barb Rosenstock
As “Maddie’s Secret” continues, and the titular Maddie falls deeper into the grasp of her titular secret, Early perfects that push and pull.
From Salon β Jun. 22, 2026
The avatar perfects the theater, showing up with scripted answers.
From MarketWatch β May 6, 2026
Just as a chef perfects a dish by experimenting with flavors and textures, the researchers used an iterative process, testing variations to find the ideal structure for the ionizable lipid.
From Science Daily β Nov. 22, 2024
"Stephenson perfects the idea of a railway, from start to finish," said Snow.
From BBC β Feb. 24, 2024
What suits any nature perfects that nature, and suits it precisely in so far as it perfects it.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
It seems M has perfected the art of using candor as a carapace, so that the image of her authentic self recedes the more Cusk’s writer spends time with her.
From Los Angeles Times β Aug. 24, 2026
After I lost my longtime gig, I decided to launch my own private computer course, based on strategies I’d perfected for decades.
From Salon β Aug. 24, 2026
The feature-length archival documentaries Mr. Doherty describes in detail in his book are “not high-profile titles”—it would take years for the techniques they pioneered to be perfected.
From The Wall Street Journal β Aug. 14, 2026
How AQR perfected tax-loss harvesting to help the rich get richer.
From Slate β Aug. 8, 2026
I perfected my right turns, but the rest of my driving skills needed a lot of work.
From "Breaking Through" by Francisco JimΓ©nez
Here in the United States, Mikel Arteta's dedication to perfecting Arsenal's routines is an approach England head coach Tuchel is looking to replicate.
From BBC β Jun. 15, 2026
In purifying and perfecting their homes’ water, he says, homeowners of the future will demineralize and remineralize what comes out of the tap, and then pump it full of oxygen.
From The Wall Street Journal β Jun. 12, 2026
The company’s ability to operate space-based data centers and ramp up rocket launches depends on perfecting critical technology.
From MarketWatch β Jun. 11, 2026
USA Rare Earth has invested in French rare earths specialist Carester, and they are together working on perfecting the separation process.
From Barron's β May 13, 2026
“They don’t need horses to pull them. They were still perfecting the design when I left.”
From "Six of Crows" by Leigh Bardugo
Vocabulary lists containing perfect
Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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TEKS ELAR Academic Vocabulary List (5th-7th grades)
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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