as in perfect
being entirely without fault or flaw
the players gave a picture-book performance that will go down in the annals of football as one of the all-time great games
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Recent Examples of picture-book
Joshua Khan, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2023
Shot mainly in Colombia, with some Texas locations as well, the feature brims with verdant, rolling terrain and picture-book skies.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2023
Leonard S. Marcus, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Looking for something to do, Stitch rummages through Lilo’s bookshelf, struck by a picture book: The Ugly Duckling.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 21 May 2025
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Adjective
Cereza and the Lost Demon is easy to fall in love with as a magical picture-book that deviates into the macabre side of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.
—Joshua Khan, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2023
Shot mainly in Colombia, with some Texas locations as well, the feature brims with verdant, rolling terrain and picture-book skies.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2023
Noun
After the war, the pace of East-West picture book cross-pollination quickened dramatically.
—Leonard S. Marcus, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
Looking for something to do, Stitch rummages through Lilo’s bookshelf, struck by a picture book: The Ugly Duckling.
—Barry Levitt, Time, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picture-book
Adjective
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When a consumer purchases a smart device compatible with a VPP, that is a perfect time to educate them about the benefits of enrollment.—
Amber Mullaney,
Forbes.com,
2 June 2025
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Tranter points to that sentiment as a perfect example of why Erivo has become such a powerful voice in the entertainment industry.—
Stephen Daw,
Billboard,
2 June 2025
Noun
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While Rae has yet to earn a No.1 on the Billboard charts, the outlook for her forthcoming album Addison is more than promising.—
Ilana Kaplan,
People.com,
3 June 2025
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Clipse ended up inking a distribution deal for a comeback album with Roc Nation.—
Michael Saponara,
Billboard,
3 June 2025
Adjective
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The linen fabric is lightweight and ideal for hot weather, and the side pockets are a bonus, too.—
Nicol Natale,
People.com,
26 May 2025
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We are blessed with the ideal conditions for homeowners to save money on our electricity bills, and increase our property values, by installing rooftop solar.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
25 May 2025
Noun
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The anthology series is based on real-life cases of women who make the extreme decision to kill, and each episode details the reasons that led up to that.—
Armando Tinoco,
Deadline,
27 May 2025
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Peacock has yet to find its footing as an Emmy player, and Rian Johnson’s anthology series seems to be suffering for it.—
Joe Reid,
Vulture,
24 May 2025
Adjective
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Impeccably dressed in a flawless double-breasted suit, he was well versed in commanding the room—and absorbing the admiring glances that often followed.—
/ CBS News,
CBS News,
25 May 2025
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In the Dodgers’ 3-1 rubber-match victory over the Diamondbacks, Hernández delivered the night’s biggest swing in the bottom of the sixth, taking a wrecking ball to what had been a flawless outing from Burnes with a three-run home run that turned the game upside down.—
Houston Mitchell,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
Noun
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The father of two had told the boy’s mother via text that the child hurt himself while riding his bike, the L.A. County district attorney’s office said in a May 2023 statement.—
Connor Sheets,
Los Angeles Times,
25 May 2025
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Images of the orb show a silver-colored sphere about the size of a bowling ball covered in what appears to be foreign text and drawings.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 May 2025
Adjective
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Robin will make an excellent addition to our great Kentucky State Senate Majority!—
Mandy Taheri,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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Greenery also makes an excellent addition to a resortcore space.—
Cori Sears,
Better Homes & Gardens,
5 June 2025
Noun
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Harjo wrote her first volume of poetry, a nine-poem chapbook called The Last Song, in 1975.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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Bores wrote in his 1590 chapbook a year later that Stumpp’s head was also severed from his body and placed upon a stake, providing a gruesome warning to the community.—
Sean Neumann,
People.com,
1 Feb. 2025
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“Picture-book.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picture-book. Accessed 9 Jun. 2025.
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