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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
And while everything may have looked flawless on screen, Steed says the team wasn’t aiming for perfection.
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Erin Hill, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
The right-hander also believes that today’s umpires are also the best in the world at their craft and that perfection is an impossibility.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2025
But in New York City, where premium properties demand perfection, WTS Surface Professionals has emerged as the go-to solution.
—Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
Leaders who value authenticity over perfection and build common ground across differences will harness the full potential of their teams.
—Cynthia Pong, Jd, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Erin Hill, People.com, 8 Mar. 2025
The right-hander also believes that today’s umpires are also the best in the world at their craft and that perfection is an impossibility.
—Justice Delos Santos, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2025
But in New York City, where premium properties demand perfection, WTS Surface Professionals has emerged as the go-to solution.
—Kyle J. Russell, USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2025
Leaders who value authenticity over perfection and build common ground across differences will harness the full potential of their teams.
—Cynthia Pong, Jd, Forbes, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perfection
Noun
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When a nonprofit commits to doing the work, diversity transforms from a goal into a cornerstone of organizational excellence.—
Expert Panel®,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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Hospitals must adapt to new engagement strategies that cater to these changing expectations while ensuring excellence like before—or perhaps better than before.—
Dr. Fatih Mehmet Gul,
Newsweek,
10 Mar. 2025
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At Trinity College, our Bantams compete in the New England Small College Athletic Conference (NESCAC), embodying the true scholar-athlete ideal.—
Joanne Berger-Sweeney,
Hartford Courant,
13 Mar. 2025
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Their commitment to bearing witness under extraordinary circumstances represents the highest ideals of our profession.—
Max Goldbart,
Deadline,
13 Mar. 2025
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And Consistency Human error is inevitable, but AI agents are capable of reducing this error by executing tasks with precision.—
Vamsi Gosu,
Forbes,
11 Mar. 2025
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How a 30-year-old singer, born in Argentina and raised in Spain, manages to channel the smoldering melodrama of Latin music’s golden era with such uncanny precision remains a bit of a mystery.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Los Angeles Times,
11 Mar. 2025
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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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This will be the first time Alinea has popped up in New York City, and the dinner will be a mix of the restaurant’s enduring classics from its two-decade history (expect some food that floats) and new experiences created specifically for the Olmsted space.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
17 Mar. 2025
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Sip on the Pineapple Suite, a tropical nod to Season 1; The Lotus, a sophisticated tribute to Taormina’s allure; Coconut Paradise, a taste of Koh Samui’s dreamy shores; or The White Lotus Gimlet, an elevated take on a classic with coconut lotus syrup.—
Jenn Rice,
Forbes,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Beyond accuracy and trust, AI raises deeper concerns about control over food system data.—
Daphne Ewing-Chow,
Forbes,
18 Mar. 2025
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Rock’s talent includes shooting down German fighter planes with a single submachine gun and tossing grenades with great accuracy.—
Justin Kroll,
Deadline,
17 Mar. 2025
Noun
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The two most visible competitors, Samsung and Apple, do have models that sit between the vanilla and the Pro handsets, but their difference is a larger screen with the same performance as the vanilla model.—
Ewan Spence,
Forbes,
12 Mar. 2025
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Well, the set of the Valentino show was a red room where models waited inside bathroom stalls, which was reportedly inspired by the late great film director David Lynch, who worked with Naomi Watts on the 2001 film, Mulholland Drive.—
Aamina Inayat Khan,
StyleCaster,
11 Mar. 2025
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This year marks the first significant new manifestation of enterprise AI for healthcare.—
Simon Mainwaring,
Forbes,
27 Feb. 2025
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While Trump’s opponents may view that attitude as one more manifestation of his autocratic instincts, his complaint is grounded in legitimate concerns about the separation of powers that presidents of both parties have raised for many years.—
Jacob Sullum,
Orange County Register,
24 Feb. 2025
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“Perfection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perfection. Accessed 22 Mar. 2025.
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