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Origin of perfect pitch

First recorded in 1945–50

Words nearby perfect pitch

perfect number, perfecto, perfector, perfector press, perfect participle, perfect pitch, perfect progressive, perfect rhyme, perfect square, perfect stage, perfect storm

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How to use perfect pitch in a sentence

The mountain is perfectly maintained and has perfect pitch on every run.
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Thirteen-year-old Noah Shaw loves planets and has perfect pitch.
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Mandel has perfect pitch for populism’s rhetorical banalities.
Will Senate Republicans allow their louts to rule the party?|George Will|February 12, 2021|Washington Post
Catalyst or not, Beck was hitting all the Wingnut themes with perfect pitch.
Glenn Beck's Dark Past|John Avlon|January 22, 2010|DAILY BEAST

I love the sweet-tart taste of fresh cranberries, and the combination with kumquat is the perfect pitch.
Turkey Day Bacchanal|Christopher Idone|November 23, 2009|DAILY BEAST
He once told me, “They all had perfect pitch for place and tone for talk.”
Remembering Horton Foote|Dan Rather|March 5, 2009|DAILY BEAST
But never, as often as I have heard Sarasate play, did I ever hear him play a wrong note, one not in perfect pitch.
Violin Mastery|Frederick H. Martens

British Dictionary definitions for perfect pitch

perfect pitch

noun

another name (not in technical usage) for absolute pitch (def. 1)

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