perfect score
noun
chiefly US
: the number of points that someone can get for answering all the questions correctly on a test, exam, etc.
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Here are the inspection scores and violations for restaurants within the city limits of Arlington for May 4th - May 17th, 2025 A score of 100 is a perfect score and 70 is considered to be extremely poor.
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Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 May 2025
My poll produced a perfect score: 100% of the people who saw the cast responded by telling me about their experience with a cast or a hairline fracture; none expressed any empathy for my discomfort.
—Jerry Weissman, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
If her catch didn’t merit a perfect score, her pitching certainly did.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Building From The Ground Up In typical classrooms, students start with a perfect score and lose points for errors.
—Mackenzie Price, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
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Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 25 May 2025
My poll produced a perfect score: 100% of the people who saw the cast responded by telling me about their experience with a cast or a hairline fracture; none expressed any empathy for my discomfort.
—Jerry Weissman, Forbes.com, 17 Apr. 2025
If her catch didn’t merit a perfect score, her pitching certainly did.
—Tony Baranek, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Building From The Ground Up In typical classrooms, students start with a perfect score and lose points for errors.
—Mackenzie Price, Forbes, 21 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for perfect score
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“Perfect score.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/perfect%20score. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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