1
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
The Heath Bar cookies are also top notch—salty, sweet, and chewy to perfection.
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026
Those early pages aren’t about perfection.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026
Virgos often strive for perfection while quietly carrying their insecurities, and Sweeney captures this dynamic through Cassie's emotional vulnerability and perpetual longing for validation.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
The Tampa Bay Rays dropped six bunts across three games against the New York Yankees, and five of them were executed to perfection.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 17 Apr. 2026
Those early pages aren’t about perfection.
—Jd Barker, Rolling Stone, 16 Apr. 2026
Virgos often strive for perfection while quietly carrying their insecurities, and Sweeney captures this dynamic through Cassie's emotional vulnerability and perpetual longing for validation.
—Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 13 Apr. 2026
The Tampa Bay Rays dropped six bunts across three games against the New York Yankees, and five of them were executed to perfection.
—Chris Kirschner, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perfection
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There are certain years where the champion is just synonymous with all-time excellence, even decades later.—
Corey Masisak,
Denver Post,
19 Apr. 2026
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Lifelong friends described Metayer as always promoting excellence and empowering people to rise above their circumstances.—
Joan Murray,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2026
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Orbán wasn’t taken down by liberal democratic ideals but by his own excessive greed.—
Elizabeth Shackelford,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Apr. 2026
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The men and women whose political visions were formed in the interwar period carried those ideals forward into the Cold War era.—
Tony Wood,
The Conversation,
17 Apr. 2026
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This transit favors precision and accountability.—
Tarot.com,
The Orlando Sentinel,
20 Apr. 2026
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The technology was produced using high-precision LIGA technology, with the flexible structures allowing for crisp and consistent chorographical functions and a reduction of complexity.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
17 Apr. 2026
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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 earthy classic is easy to style with practically any outfit and has been an undeniable focal point in designers’ collections for decades.—
Christina Shepherd McGuire,
PEOPLE,
16 Apr. 2026
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This one from Polywood is a classic.—
Blake Bakkila,
Architectural Digest,
15 Apr. 2026
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Advanced statistical modeling revealed that a group of six piRNAs alone predicted two‑year survival with accuracy as high as 86%.—
Scott Lafee,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
14 Apr. 2026
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Improvements in timing accuracy can also open doors to new science.—
Andrei Derevianko,
The Conversation,
14 Apr. 2026
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So no, the Nets didn’t spend this season proving that five first-round picks at once is some elegant new model the rest of the league should rush to copy.—
C.J. Holmes,
New York Daily News,
14 Apr. 2026
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The system runs on UnifoLM, Unitree’s proprietary unified large-scale model for robotics, and supports reinforcement learning to improve motion control and task execution.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
14 Apr. 2026
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The pop star’s headlining set was a two-year-old manifestation come to life.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
17 Apr. 2026
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Tickets for the event, which includes yoga, manifestation and sound healing, start at 2,699 Australian dollars ($1,912) per person.—
Reuters,
NBC news,
15 Apr. 2026
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“Perfection.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perfection. Accessed 21 Apr. 2026.
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