perfect score

noun

chiefly US
: the number of points that someone can get for answering all the questions correctly on a test, exam, etc.

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Everyone passed the exam and the rate for a perfect score was very high. Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026 With understated but warm service and arguably the area’s best spa, La Réserve deserves an almost perfect score. Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 June 2026 And that’s where that perfect score comes from (Interview with the Vampire itself has a stellar 99% critic score). Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 8 June 2026 Garth and her partner, Hough, earned a perfect score of 30 for their cha-cha-cha, but were eliminated just one day later, in the show's semi-finals, after falling short in the viewer votes. Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026 See All Example Sentences for perfect score

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“Perfect score.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20score. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.

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