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perfecting

ADJECTIVE
maturing
Synonyms
STRONG
advancing aging blossoming consummating developing evolving growing mellowing preparing sprouting sweetening
WEAK
growing up
Antonyms
WEAK
declining dying fading
ADJECTIVE
realizing
Synonyms
STRONG
accomplishing actualizing attaining completing consummating doing fulfilling performing reaching
ADJECTIVE
refining
Synonyms
STRONG
civilizing clarifying cleaning cultivating distillation elevating focusing honing improving polishing purifying sharpening
NOUN
development
Synonyms
STRONGEST
advancement evolution expansion improvement increase progress
STRONG
addition adulthood advance augmentation boost buildup chrysalis developing enlargement flowering hike maturation maturity ontogenesis ontogeny progression reinforcement ripening spread spreading unfolding
WEAK
adding to advancing augmenting elaborating evolvement evolving increasing making progress maturing ongoing reinforcing unraveling upgrowth upping
Antonyms
STRONGEST
decline decrease halt retreat retrogression stoppage
STRONG
lessening reduction shrinkage stagnation withdrawal
NOUN
unfolding
Synonyms
STRONGEST
flowering
STRONG
addition adulthood advance advancement advancing augmentation augmenting boost buildup developing elaborating enlargement evolution evolving expansion growth hike improvement increase increasing maturation maturing maturity progress progression reinforcement reinforcing ripening spread spreading unraveling upping
WEAK
adding to evolvement making progress ongoing upgrowth
Antonyms
STRONG
decline decrease diminishment failure halt lessening loss reduction retreat retrogression shrinkage stagnation stop stoppage subtraction withdrawal

Example Sentences

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The move laid bare a strategy that Silicon Valley has been perfecting for years: ditch the tech-sceptics of the traditional press, and build your own media.

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

They each came to his door with dreams of perfecting their performances, making it to the Olympics or, in some cases, revolutionizing the sport.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 9, 2026

AI could certainly help Mastro in perfecting it, he added.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 4, 2026

Perhaps a little shameful to admit in a year of culinary achievements, but one of my proudest was perfecting the soup-salad-breadstick combo from Olive Garden at home.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

Lily had spent the hour before locked in the bathroom we share, curling her hair and perfecting her makeup.

From "How to Disappear Completely" by Ali Standish