perfection
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Everett approaches each meal the same way he did a race on the track, with an eye toward perfection.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 9, 2026
“But if you are priced for perfection, you have to deliver perfection,” he said.
From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026
Dr Gibson said: "This isn't about perfection and this isn't about forcing people to eat unpalatable food – it's about recognising the nutritional value in components we've been conditioned to discard."
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
“When you price for perfection, anything less than perfect is going to come back and is going to bite you, and this is kind of what’s happening here,” he said.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Now, which one, the crooked walker, or the darling perfection?
From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver
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James Monroe's First Inaugural Address (1817)
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