perfect score

noun

chiefly US
: the number of points that someone can get for answering all the questions correctly on a test, exam, etc.

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Fort Worth’s restaurant inspections function on a demerit system: Zero demerits is considered a perfect score. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 5 Apr. 2025 Last week, 11% of readers who took the quiz got a perfect score and 47% got eight or more questions right. Jade Walker, CNN Money, 4 Apr. 2025 Last week, 10% of readers who took the quiz got a perfect score and 45% got eight or more questions right. Jade Walker, CNN, 21 Mar. 2025 Here are the inspection scores and violations for restaurants within the city limits of Arlington for March 30th - April 5th, 2025 A score of 100 is a perfect score and 70 is considered to be extremely poor. Lillie Davidson, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 16 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for perfect score

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“Perfect score.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20score. Accessed 15 May. 2025.

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