perfect
adjective
matching in every detail the definition of an ideal type of something.
has perfected
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present perfectof perfect (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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It seems M has perfected the art of using candor as a carapace, so that the image of her authentic self recedes the more Cusk’s writer spends time with her.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 24, 2026
Luckily, millions of years of evolution has perfected this process when it occurs in our skin – we are all living chemistry labs, in a sense.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
The club has perfected the grim work of scoring from set pieces to the point where they have evolved into Arsenal’s most dangerous offensive situations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 1, 2026
With this cast, Bravo has perfected its old-school, “Gallery Girls”-era formula, where not every cast member has to be quote-unquote interesting all the time.
From Salon ● Aug. 2, 2025
“Nature produced you, but nurture has perfected you,” Gertrude often said with pride, as though I were her creation, carved from an unlikely piece of wood.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
