as in ideals
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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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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Designers from every nation get to project pride, identity and ideals onto the blank canvas of the team kit.—
Ashley Fetters Maloy,
Washington Post,
16 June 2026
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They were motivated by ideals and a sincere desire to improve the world.—
Marc Adelman,
HollywoodReporter,
16 June 2026
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The Cane Ridge Revival would become an epochal moment in American religious history, one of the most visible manifestations of what historians would later refer to as the Second Great Awakening.—
Michael Luo,
New Yorker,
14 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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And even that could probably be chalked up to a long layoff, because the Canes went on to win the next four games and then defeated the Vegas Golden Knights for the Cup in six games, most of which were instant classics.—
Matt Reigle OutKick,
FOXNews.com,
20 June 2026
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Bud Kennedy’s Eats Beat column rounds up steakhouse splurges, Stockyards classics and a barbecue experience worth booking before the day arrives.—
Bud Kennedy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
19 June 2026
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By now, there have been various incarnations of Mbappe at World Cups.—
Adam Crafton,
New York Times,
16 June 2026
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The project, fully funded out of Australia with production service partners in Japan, spans three historical periods – Edo-period Japan, 1865 New South Wales and 2027 Australia – following three incarnations of the same souls across a karmic cycle of love and possession.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
11 June 2026
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While OpenAI pursued a sprawling set of ambitions, from video AI to consumer hardware to chips to robotics and beyond, Anthropic’s laser focus on coding enabled it to build the most powerful coding models in the world, setting the stage for the breakout success of Claude Code.—
Rob Toews,
Forbes.com,
22 June 2026
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In May 2026 the Royal Australian Navy awarded it its first international defense contract, ordering P4 Transwing drones for autonomous maritime logistics, with an option on larger P5 models from 2027.—
Omar Kardoudi
June 21,
New Atlas,
21 June 2026
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“Perfections.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perfections. Accessed 23 Jun. 2026.
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