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verb

past tense of perfect

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for perfected
Verb
  • With Friday’s victory, the Heat improved to 9-20 this season against teams currently with a winning record.
    Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 1 Mar. 2025
  • In reading, both fourth and eighth graders’ results are down from 2022, while in math, fourth-grade scores have not improved since before the pandemic and eighth-grade scores are at their lowest in decades.
    Thibaut Delloue, Orlando Sentinel, 1 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • The Norwegian league is not the strongest in the world but a 15-year-old playing central midfield against grown men is quite something.
    Sebastian Stafford-Bloor, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
  • With grown children and fewer day-to-day obligations at home, Gen X women are stepping into a season of clarity and confidence.
    Melissa Houston, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Nanette Nanette Lepore Freedom Stretch Pants These straight-leg pants are at once casual and polished, thanks to a tab fly, buttoned back welt pockets, and hems that hit right above the ankles on most people.
    Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The effortless and beachy hairstyle has taken a back seat in recent years to more polished styles like sleek bobs, liquid hair, and voluminous blowouts.
    Catharine Malzahn, Glamour, 18 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Penn State has a 22-13-4 record this season and finished off Maine with a score of 5-1 before also taking down UConn 3-2 so far in the NCAA Tournament.
    Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Apr. 2025
  • Rory McIlroy was 4-under through 13 but finished even after double-bogeys on 15 and 17.
    Bob Spear, Charlotte Observer, 11 Apr. 2025
Verb
  • Select parlays have enhanced odds, giving customers the chance at larger winnings.
    Daniel R. Depetris, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Apr. 2025
  • There is evidence the skulls were significantly enhanced for the attachment of strong muscular jaws.
    Janet Loehrke, USA Today, 10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • It was sulfured to prevent Malolactic fermentation, then aged on the lees and stirred twice a week before being bottled.
    John Mariani, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • The mom of two boys, aged 3 and 1, was taken off a ventilator and two weeks later, died, the result of lidocaine toxicity, the outlet reports.
    Cara Lynn Shultz, People.com, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • In a survey of more than 15,000 users after its rollout in 2024, 90% of respondents ranked their experience as excellent or above average.
    Rachel Barber, USA Today, 19 Apr. 2025
  • Scott McKenna bossing the defence, Fabio Silva scoring goals for fun, Oli McBurnie bashing around and suddenly speaking excellent Spanish… this is a cause to believe in.
    Jack Lang, New York Times, 19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Chain-of-Density (CoD) Prompting A shrewd method of devising summaries involves a clever prompting strategy known as chain-of-density (CoD), which aims to bolster generative AI toward attaining especially superb or at least better-than-usual summaries.
    Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 9 Apr. 2025
  • In the summers, the garden becomes a haute hub of social activity, thanks to the hotel’s superb cocktail program.
    Elise Taylor, Vogue, 8 Apr. 2025
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“Perfected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perfected. Accessed 24 Apr. 2025.

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