perfection

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Once sliced, the tomatoes are dipped in flour, then in eggs and, finally, in coarse cornmeal before they are fried to golden-brown perfection.

From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026

“We believe the market has priced Palantir for perfection leaving little to no room for margin of error,” Lee added.

From Barron's • Apr. 1, 2026

In concert, she’s powerful, hardly a princess of perfection but gorgeously garish, a fun and funny powerhouse provocateur, dripping in costumes, onstage audience members and sweat.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

She now makes time to go to the gym and see friends and is trying to give herself permission not to strive for perfection.

From BBC • Mar. 13, 2026

Even the teens of Shaker Heights—whose main exposure to Shakers was singing “Simple Gifts” in music class—could feel that drive for perfection still in the air.

From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng