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The goal is to find the perfect viscosity of chocolate on Magnum bars, for the perfect crunch.
From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026
It would be the perfect sanctuary for the Something Specials frontwoman, that doubled as a creative space.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
It’s sweet, tangy, and pickley—the perfect complement to backyard cookouts.
From Slate ● Aug. 14, 2026
While far from perfect, these government bonds look like a bargain—at least for the near term.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 13, 2026
To our astonishment, the airman was speaking to Mutti in almost perfect German.
From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo
As “Maddie’s Secret” continues, and the titular Maddie falls deeper into the grasp of her titular secret, Early perfects that push and pull.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
The avatar perfects the theater, showing up with scripted answers.
From MarketWatch ● May 6, 2026
Just as a chef perfects a dish by experimenting with flavors and textures, the researchers used an iterative process, testing variations to find the ideal structure for the ionizable lipid.
From Science Daily ● Nov. 22, 2024
Ingredients may change as it perfects its brew.
From BBC ● Sep. 12, 2024
This process can therefore only be looked on as a secondary one that hastens and perfects the destruction necessary to permit of the accompanying histogenesis.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 4 "Hero" to "Hindu Chronology" by Various
How AQR perfected tax-loss harvesting to help the rich get richer.
From Slate ● Aug. 8, 2026
When Jamie Overton perfected his wide yorker, Brook simply reached across and audaciously sliced it over deep third for six.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Les Bleus came to America with the most devastating attack in the game and all the swagger of a country that has perfected Champagne, haute couture, and Kylian Mbappé.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Screenwriter-director John Hughes perfected the big-screen comedic treatment of travel gone south with classics such as “Home Alone,” “National Lampoon’s Vacation” and “Planes, Trains and Automobiles.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 8, 2026
She enrolled in a cooking course and perfected her considerable skills.
From "The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm" by Nancy Farmer
Thomas Edison’s “invention factory” transformed a rural hamlet into the birthplace of the modern age, by perfecting the first commercially viable incandescent light.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 9, 2026
Hunched over sizzling grills and shrouded in smoke, trainees at the Yueyang Barbecue Academy in southern China roast skewer after skewer of succulent beef tendon, perfecting the skills that could land them a restaurant job.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
Here in the United States, Mikel Arteta's dedication to perfecting Arsenal's routines is an approach England head coach Tuchel is looking to replicate.
From BBC ● Jun. 15, 2026
The company’s ability to operate space-based data centers and ramp up rocket launches depends on perfecting critical technology.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
Lawrence, perfecting his style of Big Science, already was involved less in performing experiments than in managing his interdisciplinary staff.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
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Preamble to the U.S. Constitution (1787)
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