as in perfect
being entirely without fault or flaw
it was a picture-perfect day for a picnic—the sun was shining and a light breeze stirred the air
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Recent Examples of picture-perfect
Babygirl star Nicole Kidman is back on our screens in Holland, this time as a picture-perfect housewife whose life is thrown into chaos.
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Charley Ross, Glamour, 5 Mar. 2025
Sanders is a picture-perfect fit as a polished pocket passer with toughness and excellent ball placement — traits of quarterbacks who have excelled in Kevin Stefanski’s scheme.
—Joe Nguyen, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
The Oscars were live-streamed for the first time Sunday evening, but the experience wasn’t picture-perfect.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 3 Mar. 2025
Firefly Aerospace became the first commercial company to make a picture-perfect landing on the Moon early Sunday, touching down on an ancient basaltic plain, named Mare Crisium, to fulfill a $101 million contract with NASA.
—Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2025
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Charley Ross, Glamour, 5 Mar. 2025
Sanders is a picture-perfect fit as a polished pocket passer with toughness and excellent ball placement — traits of quarterbacks who have excelled in Kevin Stefanski’s scheme.
—Joe Nguyen, The Denver Post, 4 Mar. 2025
The Oscars were live-streamed for the first time Sunday evening, but the experience wasn’t picture-perfect.
—Jibin Joseph, PCMAG, 3 Mar. 2025
Firefly Aerospace became the first commercial company to make a picture-perfect landing on the Moon early Sunday, touching down on an ancient basaltic plain, named Mare Crisium, to fulfill a $101 million contract with NASA.
—Tim Stevens, Ars Technica, 3 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picture-perfect
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In fact, enough people fret over their sleep data trying to get a perfect night’s sleep that sleep specialists have coined a term for the behavior: orthosomnia.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN,
10 Mar. 2025
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The official trailer for You season five shows that even having the seemingly perfect life isn’t enough for Joe Goldberg.—
Carly Thomas,
The Hollywood Reporter,
10 Mar. 2025
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First embraced by shoemakers when leather was scarce during World War II, the tightly woven palm fibers are ideal for warmer climates, which Canary Islands native Manolo Blahnik surely knows a thing or two about.—
Naomi Rougeau,
Robb Report,
2 Mar. 2025
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Many of the park’s trails are ideal for mountain biking, with Lakeside Loop, Evitts Mountain Trail, and Rocky Trail being the most popular for cyclists.—
Trudy Haywood Saunders,
Travel + Leisure,
2 Mar. 2025
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Below, find Vogue’s edit of the best setting sprays for priming and setting a flawless makeup look, all the while hydrating and soothing the skin.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
3 Mar. 2025
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The viciousness, Cargill’s offense, look, and facial expressions were flawless.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes,
2 Mar. 2025
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“Picture-perfect.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/picture-perfect. Accessed 14 Mar. 2025.
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