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The NPL researchers are perfecting a so-called optical clock to achieve this, which is 100 times more accurate than the most accurate caesium clocks used today.

From BBC • Mar. 2, 2025

Brazil may have pioneered the beautiful game, but Japan’s women are perfecting it, stripping away much of the flourish but keeping the joy, passion and purpose.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 11, 2023

The big picture is the N30 is really a technology platform, where we are perfecting our hydrofoil control and parts of our autonomy technology.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 2, 2023

It is not just girls who are perfecting makeup techniques you’ve never heard of, such as halo brows or lollipop lips.

From The Guardian • Aug. 27, 2019

They have a machine, and they are perfecting it.

From The Human Machine by Bennett, Arnold