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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
Shorter runs, like one-star and zero-star, demand constant perfection amid routes that have been hyper optimized over time by others.
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Patricia Hernandez, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
The Jets have had too much talent to struggle for so long — through multiple coaching staffs — but assistant coach Davis Payne has built an elite system and the Jets have executed it to near perfection.
—Scott Powers, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Timing himself to near perfection, the 36-year-old point guard bolted inside the arc, flying past three of his teammates and three of his opponents to snag the rebound.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
Her beauty moments are nothing short of perfection—equipped with glowing skin that looks like the heavens kiss it, sleek hairstyles, and makeup that highlights her stunning features.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 13 Jan. 2025
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Patricia Hernandez, Rolling Stone, 10 Jan. 2025
The Jets have had too much talent to struggle for so long — through multiple coaching staffs — but assistant coach Davis Payne has built an elite system and the Jets have executed it to near perfection.
—Scott Powers, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
Timing himself to near perfection, the 36-year-old point guard bolted inside the arc, flying past three of his teammates and three of his opponents to snag the rebound.
—Bennett Durando, The Denver Post, 9 Jan. 2025
Her beauty moments are nothing short of perfection—equipped with glowing skin that looks like the heavens kiss it, sleek hairstyles, and makeup that highlights her stunning features.
—Larry Stansbury, Essence, 13 Jan. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perfection
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Despite the push for record-breaking excellence, Douglas Elliman’s Florida agents never stray too far from the source of their success: their connections with clients.—
Douglas Elliman Real Estate,
Miami Herald,
3 Feb. 2025
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From musicians to lyricists, the Recording Academy will recognize excellence in the music industry across genres and the globe at the 67th Annual Grammy Awards, held at the Crypto.com Arena in the heart of Los Angeles.—
Amaris Encinas,
USA TODAY,
2 Feb. 2025
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California has long been not just a state but an ideal, a place where things happened that couldn't happen anywhere else.—
Elizabeth Weise,
USA TODAY,
24 Jan. 2025
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Pursuing that goal has meant emphasizing seemingly old-fashioned media ideals—neutrality, fidelity, hearing from all sides—in ways that can seem extreme.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
23 Jan. 2025
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Harvey is a stellar writer, placing words with delicate precision on the blank sky of the page; her sentences of dazzling beauty won her the 2024 Booker Prize.—
Barbara Ellis,
The Denver Post,
3 Feb. 2025
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For anyone working in the tech and engineering fields, the P2 is something of a game-changer thanks to its precision and accuracy of ±1.5°C, allowing for detailed inspection of circuit boards.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes,
1 Feb. 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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The first rap album to go platinum, and then the first rap album to go multiplatinum, was driven by the group’s historic collaboration with Aerosmith on a remake of their 1975 classic that helped return the Boston hard rock band to the pop charts.—
Al Shipley,
SPIN,
28 Jan. 2025
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Among my friends both in the corporeal world and on the internet, Challengers is regarded as a modern classic and a clear choice for one of the ten best films of the year.—
Nate Jones,
Vulture,
28 Jan. 2025
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The upcoming film will reportedly take the film franchise back to its horror roots, paying homage to the original games with more accuracy than prior installments.—
Barbara A. Perry,
Newsweek,
28 Jan. 2025
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Their results show a factor of between three and five improvement in detail and accuracy in the FLI analysis compared to two- and three-point correlation functions.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Jan. 2025
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Ye and his wife, the Australian model Bianca Censori, were not kicked off the Grammys 2025 red carpet, despite rumors to the contrary.—
Ryan Coleman,
EW.com,
3 Feb. 2025
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By Kara Carlson | Bloomberg Tesla registered fewer cars in California in all four quarters of 2024, as sales of its second-most important model plunged 36% for the year.—
Bloomberg,
Orange County Register,
3 Feb. 2025
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This is all a manifestation of what economists call the price elasticity of demand.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
21 Jan. 2025
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This is the manifestation of the duality of January 20, 2025.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes,
19 Jan. 2025
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“Perfection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perfection. Accessed 7 Feb. 2025.
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