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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a perfecting" is not commonly used in written English and may sound awkward or unclear.
It could be used in specific contexts related to improvement or refinement, but it is not standard.
Example: "The process of a perfecting the design took longer than expected."
Alternatives: "an improvement" or "a refinement".
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Buchanan, A, Perfecting Imperfect Duties: Collective Action to Create Moral Obligations, Business Ethics Quarterly, vol. 6 no. 1 (1996), pp. 27-27, CUPbridge University Press (CUP), [doi] [abs].
Buchanan, A, Perfecting Imperfect Duties: Collective Action to Create Moral Obligations, Business Ethics Quarterly, vol. 6 no. 1 (January , 1996, pp. 27-27, CUPbridge University Press (CUP), [doi] [abs].
(You can sample the "vibrational qualities" of Kashmiri sapphire in a "perfecting mask"; $150 for two ounces).
The poet laureate Carol Ann Duffy believes texting is like poetry: "It's a perfecting of a feeling in language".
"It's a perfecting of a feeling in language – it's a way of saying more with less, just as texting is.
From then onward he reached and maintained the height of his achievement a renewal of inspiration and a perfecting of technique that are almost without parallel in the history of English poetry.
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