Thesaurus results for PERFECTIONS

perfections

noun

plural of perfection

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. — Felicity Carter, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025

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But those ideals block the play from being fully honest—by letting ugliness stick around.

— Emily Nussbaum, New Yorker, 9 July 2026
The difference in ideals from reality is captured in the speeches that Romanzy and then Laura in a last minute substitution for Mary make at Founder’s Day, describing the town.

— Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 9 July 2026

Definition of ideals

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The persistence of these misconceptions matters because clinicians and the public alike may expect Ebola to look dramatic from the outset, when in reality its early manifestations often resemble many other common infectious diseases.

— Krutika Kuppalli, STAT, 26 June 2026
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

Definition of manifestations

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At the Rio Grande Lounge, Southwestern bar fare, burgers, and New Mexican classics, such as enchiladas, are served with a side of live music.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 July 2026
Some shouted out cult classics like Possession (1981), in which Neill provided the ballast that allowed his co-star Isabelle Adjani the chance to dive headfirst into the deep end, or the Hitchcock thriller on a boat Dead Calm (1989).

— David Fear, Rolling Stone, 13 July 2026

Definition of classics

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Although established names like Nicolas Cage, Brendan Fraser, Josh Hartnett, and Jude Law had been linked with previous incarnations of Superman, Singer opted to cast an unknown, just as Donner had done with the peerless Reeve.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 28 June 2026
However, Clayton-Thomas continued working over the decades, both solo and as a member of later incarnations of the band.

— Jem Aswad, Variety, 25 June 2026

Definition of incarnations

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Apple’s iOS is effectively a day-one drop for the new iPhone 18 Pro and older iPhone models, following a significant beta test that any current iPhone can join.

— Ewan Spence, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
Such multi-modal time-series measurements could lead to building better predictive models.

— Rachel Martin, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026

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