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But this could be the perfect trashy romp for the end of summer.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 31, 2026
Pam Yeager thought she had found her perfect next rental in a cute bungalow near downtown Fullerton.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 31, 2026
"I think Samos was the perfect place to start," the 21-year-old university student said, wheeling her luggage alongside her mother as they waited for a ferry off the Greek island of Samos.
From Barron's ● Jul. 31, 2026
Its saltiness and nuttiness made perfect sense with the romesco, but I realized I wanted foldiness rather than crystalline hunks.
From Salon ● Jul. 30, 2026
This was perfect practice for school on Monday when she’d have a second chance to recite her poem.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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 ● Jun. 22, 2026
The avatar perfects the theater, showing up with scripted answers.
From MarketWatch ● 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 ● Nov. 22, 2024
Ingredients may change as it perfects its brew.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
Action formally actualizes or perfects the patiens: actio fit in passo.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Coffey, Peter
Party Puffs started out selling ice cream and lemonade until Barham perfected his signature hot dog on a stick using his mother’s cornbread recipe.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 22, 2026
On the plus side, it’s a hooky blues-rock number with rhythmic drive, which is a formula the Rolling Stones perfected roughly 60 years ago.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 14, 2026
We have perfected the military-industrial complex in a way that no other nation in history has.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
During regular testimony in Congress — the main forum for Fed chiefs to discuss their policies — Greenspan perfected a nearly impenetrable mode of communication that came to be known as “Fedspeak,” or “Greenspeak.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 22, 2026
Magdalys tried to do the innocent-child face that Sabeen had perfected, but she was pretty sure it wasn’t working.
From "Dactyl Hill Squad" by Daniel José Older
Hollywood studios in the 1990s were perfecting the art of the blockbuster even as indie filmmakers found new ways to reach ordinary moviegoers.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 10, 2026
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 ● Jun. 15, 2026
The company’s ability to operate space-based data centers and ramp up rocket launches depends on perfecting critical technology.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
Multiple employees were perfecting the already-perfect plateaus of bell peppers and apples in the produce section.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 25, 2026
Alexander Graham Bell, famous for inventing the telephone five years earlier, suggested using induction balance, with which he had worked while perfecting his invention.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
Vocabulary lists containing perfect
Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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