imperfect
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She accepts that any ban will be "imperfect" but also agrees the government cannot do nothing; despite the evidence on social media harms itself being complex.
From BBC • Jun. 20, 2026
It embodies the same tragic idealism of the Enlightenment, the same striving for perfection in an imperfect world, that informed the American founding.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 19, 2026
For companies like X Square, the logic of launching an imperfect service lies in data collection for so-called embodied artificial intelligence.
From Barron's • Jun. 11, 2026
After reading a Times story about Georg Kochi, a retiree who swapped his Koreatown lawn with plants suited for California, Lee was inspired by Kochi’s wild, wabi-sabi-style garden, which embraces the art of imperfect beauty.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 10, 2026
Looking in the mirror, I could identify every disgusting, clogged pore, every hair out of place, every imperfection on my imperfect body.
From "We Are the Ants" by Shaun David Hutchinson
Vocabulary lists containing imperfect
"The Song of Wandering Aengus" and "Sonnet 43," Vocabulary from the poems
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"Imperfect Me"
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President Obama's second inaugural address
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