as in perfect
being entirely without fault or flaw
the players gave a picture-book performance that will go down in the annals of football as one of the all-time great games
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Recent Examples of picture-book
Joshua Khan, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2023
Shot mainly in Colombia, with some Texas locations as well, the feature brims with verdant, rolling terrain and picture-book skies.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2023
Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
The 2018 movie, based on Frank McCourt's eponymous children's picture book, tells the heartwarming story of a young girl's innocent desire to ensure everyone feels loved, warm and safe at Christmastime.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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Adjective
Cereza and the Lost Demon is easy to fall in love with as a magical picture-book that deviates into the macabre side of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.
—Joshua Khan, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2023
Shot mainly in Colombia, with some Texas locations as well, the feature brims with verdant, rolling terrain and picture-book skies.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2023
Noun
With glass front-facing windows and raw wooden bookshelves, the store is filled with anything from graphic novels and picture books to poetry anthologies and adult novels — a new venture for the duo.
—Cerys Davies, Los Angeles Times, 27 Sep. 2024
The 2018 movie, based on Frank McCourt's eponymous children's picture book, tells the heartwarming story of a young girl's innocent desire to ensure everyone feels loved, warm and safe at Christmastime.
—Skyler Caruso, People.com, 21 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picture-book
Adjective
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Many fans have questioned the purpose of a TV reboot given the film franchise is pretty much perfect as is, but Columbus sees its worth.—
Zack Sharf,
Variety,
21 Jan. 2025
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Still, Edwards doesn’t profess to be a future Caleb Williams or even junior quarterback Mason Atkins, who led the Blackhawks to a perfect 9-0 regular season and the Class 8A playoffs last fall.—
Rick Armstrong,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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The most recent Nine Inch Nails albums, Ghosts VI: Locusts and Ghosts V: Together, were released back in 2020.—
Nina Corcoran,
Pitchfork,
22 Jan. 2025
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Those same influences reverberate throughout her eclectic albums — unmistakably threaded through with her gravelly, gorgeous voice.—
Cat Woods,
Los Angeles Times,
22 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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In a 2023 study, Nguyen and colleagues looked at the benefits and harms of solitude and explored the ideal balance between solitude and socializing.—
Avery Hurt,
Discover Magazine,
25 Jan. 2025
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At some point a succession plan will be hatched — Robert Saleh would have been an ideal solution, but the former New York Jets coach returned to the San Francisco 49ers as defensive coordinator after not landing a head-coaching job — but that can be on the back burner for a while.—
Vic Tafur,
The Athletic,
25 Jan. 2025
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More recently, Lynch was at Cannes in 2007 as one of the 34 filmmakers contributing to the anthology film To Each His Own Cinema, celebrating the festival’s 60th anniversary.—
Melanie Goodfellow,
Deadline,
17 Jan. 2025
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Today, Asimov Press debuted an anthology of biotechnology essays and science fiction stories encoded in strands of DNA.—
Emily Mullin,
WIRED,
16 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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How To Successfully Migrate To The Cloud Data center migrations are complex and critical undertakings, where flawless execution is essential for success.—
Vikas Agarwal,
Forbes,
23 Jan. 2025
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While the collaboration commemorated their almost 25-year friendship, Pat McGrath celebrated the male models by sending them down the runway with ultra flawless and hydrated skin.—
India Espy-Jones,
Essence,
22 Jan. 2025
Noun
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Be wary of phishing attempts and have strong antivirus software: Be cautious of unsolicited emails, texts or phone calls asking for your credit card information.—
Kurt Knutsson, CyberGuy Report,
Fox News,
26 Jan. 2025
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Grede remembers the back-and-forth text chain as being a bit chaotic.—
Jordan Greene,
People.com,
26 Jan. 2025
Adjective
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Kansas City’s secondary is also excellent at tackling and does a good job of limiting explosive runs.—
Ted Nguyen,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Both teams are excellent at converting third downs.—
Blair Kerkhoff,
Kansas City Star,
24 Jan. 2025
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Her first publication was a chapbook of poems, 1983’s The Women Who Hate Me. 1988’s Trash, a book of essays, brought her critical acclaim.—
Bethy Squires,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2024
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Few bookstores were willing to carry Shameless Hussy’s publications, not just because of the content — there was not, at first, an appetite for such bold feminist writing — but also because of the format: spineless, stapled chapbooks, like zines.—
Penelope Green,
New York Times,
17 May 2024
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“Picture-book.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picture-book. Accessed 1 Feb. 2025.
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