as in perfect
being entirely without fault or flaw
the players gave a picture-book performance that will go down in the annals of football as one of the all-time great games
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Recent Examples of picture-book
Joshua Khan, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2023
Shot mainly in Colombia, with some Texas locations as well, the feature brims with verdant, rolling terrain and picture-book skies.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2023
Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
The touching picture book tells a story that is personally meaningful to both Lê as a Vietnamese American and his illustrator, Dan Santat, a Thai American.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
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Adjective
Cereza and the Lost Demon is easy to fall in love with as a magical picture-book that deviates into the macabre side of Lewis Carroll’s Alice in Wonderland.
—Joshua Khan, Rolling Stone, 23 Mar. 2023
Shot mainly in Colombia, with some Texas locations as well, the feature brims with verdant, rolling terrain and picture-book skies.
—Sheri Linden, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2023
Noun
In a February cull of Pentagon school books, a picture book about Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the liberal icon who was the first Jewish woman to serve on the U.S. Supreme Court, was placed under review for potential DEI content.
—Grace Gilson, Sun Sentinel, 8 Apr. 2025
The touching picture book tells a story that is personally meaningful to both Lê as a Vietnamese American and his illustrator, Dan Santat, a Thai American.
—Karen Billing, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for picture-book
Adjective
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The world is all about them, and they are constantly focused on creating a perfect image of themselves in front of others.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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This results in chewy little springs perfect for pasta salads, but also a rich ragù.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
14 June 2025
Noun
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Post Malone has spent the past year promoting his first country album, F-1 Trillion.—
Hugh McIntyre,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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Netflix 'Bono: Stories of Surrender' This is certainly better than that U2 album that randomly showed up on everybody's iTunes.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
Adjective
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They were paid lower prices for their almonds because of a lingering surplus from 2020 — which had seen ideal weather for pollination, and record yields.—
Annika Merrilees,
Sacbee.com,
7 June 2025
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This fire pit is ideal for transporting in the trunk on camping trips, tailgating adventures, beach excursions, or as an outdoor centerpiece in your own backyard.—
Bailey Berg,
Architectural Digest,
6 June 2025
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Now Goggins and Wood — who played doomed lovers Rick and Chelsea on the HBO anthology hit — seemed ready to clear up any such gossip as awards season gets underway.—
James Hibberd,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2025
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Each story in the anthology film is presented as an article written for the titular fictional publication’s final issue following the death of their owner and founder.—
Shannon Carlin,
Time,
30 May 2025
Adjective
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Road playoff wins also require flawless help defense and execution down the stretch, especially against an historically great team that entered the Finals 80-18.—
Shane Young,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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The number of squeaky-clean eateries across South Florida took a dip last month, with the state posting its lowest count of flawless inspections since June 2023.—
Phillip Valys,
Sun Sentinel,
5 June 2025
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Related: Supreme Court to decide if challenge to Illinois' grace period for mail-in ballots can proceed Pennsylvania Democrats countered that the 2024 ruling by the state supreme court was consistent with the text of state election law and with the intent of the legislators who set the rules.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Independent creators and established filmmakers alike now have access to powerful AI tools such as Runway that can generate realistic video scenes, animate storyboards, and even produce entire short films from simple text prompts or reference images.—
Craig S. Smith,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
Adjective
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But that year does look a little anomalous on his career ledger, with more of an 80-point baseline (which, of course, is still excellent).—
Max Bultman,
New York Times,
17 June 2025
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With continued success from not only Tucker, but the entire Cubs lineup as a whole, Chicago has an excellent chance of making a deep postseason run toward the World Series.—
Andrew Wright,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 June 2025
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Celebrates a new chapbook series from Brighthorse Editions, with Thomas Dillon Redshaw, Kent Aldrich, Leslie Adrienne Miller and Lon Otto reading from their work.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
15 June 2025
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Harjo wrote her first volume of poetry, a nine-poem chapbook called The Last Song, in 1975.—
Eli Wizevich,
Smithsonian Magazine,
25 Apr. 2025
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