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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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Recent Examples of perfections
The collection is built around a fascination of the forest, its mystery, beauty, and the sublime forces of nature, its perfections and imperfections.
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Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for perfections
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Yet both women ultimately became more than famous wives, defining the style and cultural ideals of their generation.—
Simon Perry,
PEOPLE,
9 June 2026
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Although Wood himself would acknowledge that the American Revolution was not built on ideas alone, his ardent advancement of America’s Revolutionary ideals remains his most important and lasting legacy.—
Craig Bruce Smith,
The Atlantic,
9 June 2026
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Meanwhile, here are some other Bay Area manifestations of the Miles/Coltrane centennial.—
Andrew Gilbert,
Mercury News,
28 May 2026
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Murphy won't say, for fear of sharing her manifestations.—
Rebecca Aizin,
PEOPLE,
15 May 2026
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Expect classics from the American songbook, wily new interpretations of contemporary pop songs, Broadway standards and lots of sweet between-song patter.—
Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
6 June 2026
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The Midtown Farmers Market treated visitors to jazz this Saturday as A King’s Dream performed classics on bass guitar and saxophone, kicking off a month full of experiences including musical performances and more.—
Corey Schmidt,
Sacbee.com,
6 June 2026
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The game seamlessly strings together disparate incarnations of Batman into a cohesive experience that feels surprisingly fresh.—
Gabriel Zamora,
PC Magazine,
26 May 2026
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Featuring Steven Bernstein on brass, Kenny Wollesen on drums and percussion, Douglas Wieselman on winds and guitar, Briggan Krauss on saxophone and guitar, and Tony Scherr on bass, these arrangements are more muscular and robust than many of their original incarnations.—
David Harris,
SPIN,
11 May 2026
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In July 1936, anarchists set fire to the church’s crypt and broke into the architect’s workshop before destroying many of his plans and plaster models.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
8 June 2026
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The models have shown themselves adept at finding security flaws in software, creating concerns that adversaries could use them to launch cyberattacks on government agencies, banks and critical infrastructure.—
Cat Zakrzewski The Washington Post,
Arkansas Online,
7 June 2026
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“Perfections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perfections. Accessed 11 Jun. 2026.
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