1
as in finished
to bring (something) to a state where nothing remains to be done
perfected the arrangements for their long-awaited European vacation
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2
as in improved
to make better
an art teacher who seems to believe that you can always perfect a painting with some additional brush strokes
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as in matured
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as in completed
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perfected
Verb
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In reading, both fourth and eighth graders’ results are down from 2022, while in math, fourth-grade scores have not improved since before the pandemic and eighth-grade scores are at their lowest in decades.—
Thibaut Delloue,
Orlando Sentinel,
1 Mar. 2025 -
With Friday’s victory, the Heat improved to 9-20 this season against teams currently with a winning record.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
1 Mar. 2025
Verb
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McIlroy corkscrewed through a front-nine 33 and a back-nine 39 and finished even par.—
Brendan Quinn,
New York Times,
11 Apr. 2025
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Penn State has a 22-13-4 record this season and finished off Maine with a score of 5-1 before also taking down UConn 3-2 so far in the NCAA Tournament.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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Select parlays have enhanced odds, giving customers the chance at larger winnings.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
10 Apr. 2025
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There is evidence the skulls were significantly enhanced for the attachment of strong muscular jaws.—
Janet Loehrke,
USA Today,
10 Apr. 2025
Adjective
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Season 1 saw them and their nearly grown children, Larry (Harry Richardson) and Gladys (Taissa Farmiga), move into an ostentatious mansion on old-money 61st St. Bertha set about scheming to rule high society the way her husband dominated business.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
20 June 2025
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The video then cuts to present-day Rocco, now a fully grown and considerably larger dog, still happily being scooped up and carried to bed in the same loving fashion.—
Lydia Patrick,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 May 2025
Adjective
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The green version, limited to 78 pieces and sold by Louis Erard, uses a polished 42mm stainless steel case and is paired with a black toad leather strap.—
Matthew Catellier,
Forbes.com,
30 June 2025
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This is a more desperate firefight than a polished enemy dispatch.—
Griff Griffin,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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The victims, men aged 25, 31 and 40, were inside a gas station in the 800 block of East 63rd Street just before 4 p.m., when the gunmen entered and fired shots, police said.—
William Lee,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2025
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State law doesn’t cap the age for jurors, but those aged 72 and older can request to be excused, Carl Nagle, a Winston-Salem attorney with Nagle & Associates, told The Charlotte Observer.—
Evan Moore,
Charlotte Observer,
25 June 2025
Adjective
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There are many excellent CRM platforms that are available at a much lower price point and that can serve the needs of most small and mid-sized businesses.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2025
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Along the way, there have been some other expressions as well, including single barrel, barrel-proof whiskeys, a series of excellent cask-strength American single malts, and rye whiskeys made with different grain varietals.—
Jonah Flicker,
Robb Report,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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Uptempo with a bit of a ’90s country flair, the song is a superb, full-throttle musical vehicle for Housman’s confident, charismatic voice.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
23 June 2025
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Moore, the eighth overall pick in the 2024 draft out of Tennessee, hit his first big-league home run, a game-tying solo shot to center field in the seventh inning, and preserved that tie with a superb diving catch of Yainer Diaz’s 109-mph line drive with two runners on to end the top of the eighth.—
Mike Digiovanna,
Oc Register,
21 June 2025
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“Perfected.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perfected. Accessed 3 Jul. 2025.
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