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It provides a point of contact for production companies looking for perfect filming locations - guiding them in the right direction and assisting them with permissions.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2026
Success requires a willingness to forgo bathroom breaks, a perfect sense of timing, and sheer luck that a train delay won’t derail a run.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 25, 2026
Its storytelling economy is just as crafty, finding splendor with humble tools, and distills Parton’s whole persona into one perfect song.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 25, 2026
It’s finding the place that’s as perfect as possible for you.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 25, 2026
Dozens of well-respected newspapers ran stories, some entirely fabricated, “the bodies of Sir John Franklin and his men have been found by Dr. Kane’s party, completely frozen, and in a state of perfect preservation.”
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 ● 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
"Stephenson perfects the idea of a railway, from start to finish," said Snow.
From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024
The nature which is the potential subject, perfected by the operative power, is a substance, while the operative power which perfects the substance by actualizing this potentiality is an accident.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
On the precipice of World War II, the Dow Chemical Co. perfected a way to extract magnesium from ordinary seawater, giving America access to a virtually inexhaustible supply of a metal vital to modern warfare.
From The Wall Street Journal ● 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 ● Aug. 24, 2026
How AQR perfected tax-loss harvesting to help the rich get richer.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
When Jamie Overton perfected his wide yorker, Brook simply reached across and audaciously sliced it over deep third for six.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
I perfected Lulu after watching the film To Sir, with Love five times, then briefly tried on Diana Rigg from a television show called The Avengers.
From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins
Thomas Edison’s “invention factory” transformed a rural hamlet into the birthplace of the modern age, by perfecting the first commercially viable incandescent light.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 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
USA Rare Earth has invested in French rare earths specialist Carester, and they are together working on perfecting the separation process.
From Barron's ● May 13, 2026
Father spent months perfecting it before inking it into her skin.
From "An Ember in the Ashes" by Sabaa Tahir
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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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