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perfect

[pur-fikt, per-fekt] / ˈpɜr fΙͺkt, pΙ™rˈfΙ›kt /






Usage

What are other ways to say perfect? The adjective perfect emphasizes completeness, and also high quality and absence of defects or blemishes: a perfect diamond. Complete implies that a certain unit has all its parts or is fully developed or perfected, and may apply to a process or purpose carried to fulfillment: a complete explanation. Intact implies retaining completeness and original condition: a package delivered intact. Entire means whole, having unbroken unity: an entire book. 

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Pringles, Burger King all went with ultra-minimal redesigns, as if anyone would see Pringles as a forward-thinking tech company and not the perfect contraption to get sour cream–and–onion dust all over your hands.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

Joining Lenglen in the first is Coco Gauff, whose 2025 Wimbledon kit featured a pleated skirt and a corset-shaped top made of performance material—“the perfect harmony of heritage and modernity,” Ms. Kumar Nair writes.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 21, 2026

Today, the chef’s perfect Sunday is a foodie’s dream — sampling food from around L.A. by driving to different parts of the city, and savoring his alone time the entire day.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 21, 2026

When asked about the perfect number of players in his squad, Arteta said there are variables he takes into account.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2026

Everything was perfect, except for the boy across from me.

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

"Stephenson perfects the idea of a railway, from start to finish," said Snow.

From BBC ● Feb. 24, 2024

Public preaching in the streets was constant, and numerous allusions are made to disputations held between the Waldensian ministers and the Catharan perfects.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea

How AQR perfected tax-loss harvesting to help the rich get richer.

From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026

China dominates production of the materials that go into today’s leading battery technologies that are based on lithium-ion chemistry, even though it was perfected in the U.S.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 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

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

Thayee says the British invented high tea, but Indians and Pakistanis perfected it.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan

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

He was perfecting a technique by which the gold could be leached out of the rock by processing it with a cyanide solution.

From "The Glass Castle" by Jeannette Walls




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