perfection
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That’s 6 minutes, 54 seconds faster than Kiplimo’s mark set last month in Lisbon, or about the time it takes to soft boil an egg to custard-like perfection.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 20, 2026
Yet his was never a counsel of perfection.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 15, 2026
Speaking to Canada's Prime Minister Mark Carney earlier this week, Koch described the wake-up songs as "absolute perfection", but she wasn't happy Pink Pony Club was cut off "before the chorus".
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Once sliced, the tomatoes are dipped in flour, then in eggs and, finally, in coarse cornmeal before they are fried to golden-brown perfection.
From Salon • Apr. 6, 2026
His last assistant had come close to perfection, but he had ended up promoting her.
From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French
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James Monroe's First Inaugural Address (1817)
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