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For three seasons, Clark has been the perfect vessel for this project.
From Salon ● Aug. 15, 2026
He told fans he'd been talking "for years about maybe joining the Marvel Cinematic Universe, and I think we finally found the perfect film at the perfect time".
From BBC ● Aug. 15, 2026
When World War II broke out, Mr. Chabal writes, “Hobsbawm had the perfect profile for appointment to the code-breaking team at Bletchley Park or for recruitment by the Soviet secret services.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 14, 2026
He isn’t perfect, but has 16 saves and was serviceable filling in for Díaz before he was activated off the injured list on July 29.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
For her, it was the perfect way to say “thank you” and “you’re welcome.”
From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el
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
Ever wondered how an actor from Brisbane, Australia, perfects a Northern accent?
From BBC ● Feb. 5, 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
But whatever perfects a nature does so only because and in so far as it is a realization of the end towards which this nature tends.
From Ontology or the Theory of Being by Peter Coffey
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
Ranch dressing was pioneered in Alaska, popularized on a dude ranch in California and perfected by food scientists before it spread all over the nation and on every food imaginable.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 17, 2026
Screenwriter-director John Hughes perfected the big-screen comedic treatment of travel gone south with classics such as “Home Alone,” “National Lampoon’s Vacation” and “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
He’d perfected his wolf stare over the last few months—a look that said: However bad you think you are, I’m worse.
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
She impressed casting directors with a repertoire of characters and accents she’d been perfecting since she was 4 years old.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 15, 2026
He said that in a world focused on technology, where people can become caught up in making videos or perfecting production, writing requires nothing more than a pen and paper.
From BBC ● Jun. 13, 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
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
I’m learning more and more each day, perfecting my mind, my body, and my aim.
From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman
Vocabulary lists containing perfect
Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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"Macbeth" Vocabulary from Act III
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