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as in excellence
exceptionally high quality
Louis Comfort Tiffany produced art glass of such exquisite perfection that he has achieved cult status
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as in ideal
the most perfect type or example
Rembrandt's portraits are the perfection of the art of using facial expression, pose, and gesture to reveal the subject's interior life
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as in precision
the quality or state of being very accurate
audio recordings were reaching a level of perfection that earlier technicians had never dreamt possible
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Recent Examples of perfection
The new Sox southpaw was perfection incarnate through the first 3 2/3, and had a no-hitter through the end of the fourth.
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 15 May 2026
The only way to improve upon the perfection of lounging on a porch swing with friends and neighbors is to invite one more guest to the party—an easy Southern dessert.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
Food and drink Dining at Terrícola, the hotel’s open-air restaurant, is an exercise in farm-to-table perfection.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 May 2026
Its aching heart understands that a full moon of brilliant perfection can illuminate one of the most painful moments of your life.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
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Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 15 May 2026
The only way to improve upon the perfection of lounging on a porch swing with friends and neighbors is to invite one more guest to the party—an easy Southern dessert.
—Josh Miller, Southern Living, 15 May 2026
Food and drink Dining at Terrícola, the hotel’s open-air restaurant, is an exercise in farm-to-table perfection.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 May 2026
Its aching heart understands that a full moon of brilliant perfection can illuminate one of the most painful moments of your life.
—Sheri Linden, HollywoodReporter, 13 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perfection
Noun
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Mental-health care works best when clinical excellence is combined with human understanding.—
Maria Bledsoe,
The Orlando Sentinel,
17 May 2026
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With his excellence metastasized in the spirit of Edwards and his Timberwolves, Wembanyama didn’t need to be masterful.—
Marcus Thompson II,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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Ferrell was an ideal closer for Season 51, which has largely been about developing relatively new talent in the cast, including rising stars Ashley Padilla, Jeremy Culhane and Marcello Hernández.—
Omar L. Gallaga,
Los Angeles Times,
17 May 2026
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The towels activate instantly with water -- just wet, wring, and shake for a refreshing cool, ideal for workouts, commutes, sports, dog walks or hot flashes.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
16 May 2026
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Maybe more importantly, he was considered one of the most NFL-ready receivers in this class, which gives him a better chance to contribute early with a QB who expects precision and professionalism.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Your calm precision can keep the whole plan from wobbling.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
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Education was considered an individual pursuit marked by moral excellency and only the students who did the best in school would have proceeded to higher education.—
Sara Novak,
Discover Magazine,
12 Nov. 2024
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Zurich said the Game Changer Award pays tribute to excellency in the film business with a focus on leaders that not only cherish change and forward-thinking approaches in the business, but also stand for the DNA of what cinema has represented since its invention.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
10 Sep. 2024
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Renaissance humanists certainly emphasized a corpus of Greek and Roman classics for the self-fashioned man, the predictable coterie that includes Plato and Aristotle, Cicero and Virgil.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
21 May 2026
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Game 7 went down as an NHL classic, with Matteau scoring his famous double-overtime winner to send New York to its first Cup Final since 1979.—
Vincent Z. Mercogliano,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Off a hunch, Mollick ran the story through Pangram, a program that detects AI writing with 99% accuracy.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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Using hardware mounted to the ceilings of brick-and-mortar stores, Radar’s technology can read any radio-frequency identification, or RFID, tag with 99% accuracy, the company said.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Anthropic was granted a preliminary injunction in its San Francisco case, allowing government agencies other than the DOD to use Anthropic’s models while the litigation unfolds.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Climate change is producing weather no model has trained on (including changing the behavior of hurricanes).—
Gautam Mukunda,
Mercury News,
19 May 2026
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Trusty is a master of manifestation, and he is not done dreaming.—
Greg O'Keeffe,
New York Times,
16 May 2026
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Murphy won't say, for fear of sharing her manifestations.—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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“Perfection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perfection. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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