How to Use perfect score in a Sentence

perfect score

noun
  • They were awarded the first perfect score of the season.
    — Brianne Tracy, PEOPLE, 12 Nov. 2025
  • Everyone passed the exam and the rate for a perfect score was very high.
    — Julie Gallant, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2026
  • Suppose someone got a perfect score on their bracket.
    — Emma R. Hasson, Scientific American, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Most received high marks, with hundreds achieving a perfect score.
    — Mackensy Lunsford, Nashville Tennessean, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Most received high marks, with 68 achieving a perfect score.
    — Katie Nixon, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Nov. 2025
  • If your city isn’t listed, either no restaurants there were inspected that month, or none earned a perfect score.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2025
  • If your city isn’t listed, either no restaurants there were inspected that month, or none earned a perfect score.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
  • If your city isn’t listed, either no restaurants there were inspected that month, or none earned a perfect score.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 6 Jan. 2026
  • If your city isn’t listed, either no restaurants there were inspected that month, or none earned a perfect score.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 2 Apr. 2026
  • The judges were impressed with Leavitt's waltz, giving her an almost perfect score.
    — Sarah Moore, Freep.com, 25 Nov. 2025
  • If your city isn’t listed, either no restaurants there were inspected that month, or none earned a perfect score.
    — Phillip Valys, Sun Sentinel, 2 Mar. 2026
  • But Chiles suggests that, by her standards, a perfect score is a 40, not a 10.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 20 Nov. 2025
  • The freestyle was both emotional and full of energy, also getting a perfect score.
    — Emily Longeretta, Variety, 26 Nov. 2025
  • Huntsville also had a perfect score in the housing and cost-of-living category.
    — Dobrina Zhekova, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2026
  • Jordan — the defending champ — prevailed, recording a perfect score with a slam that lifted off at the free-throw line.
    — Kori Rumore, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Team Chicago won with the only perfect score of the season so far, a 40/40.
    — Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 11 Nov. 2025
  • Ribeiro's team took the crown during the team competition with a perfect score of 40/40.
    — Bebe Hodges, Cincinnati Enquirer, 5 Nov. 2025
  • This is the second week in a row a guest judge has prevented Earle and Chmerkovskiy from getting a perfect score.
    — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 5 Nov. 2025
  • Still, going into Tuesday’s episode, none of the couples have yet received a perfect score from the panel of judges.
    — Mckinley Franklin, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
  • Ten eateries out of the 214 inspected received a perfect score of zero.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 12 Sep. 2025
  • Fort Worth uses a demerit system, with zero being a perfect score.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Feb. 2026
  • Fort Worth uses a demerit system, with zero being a perfect score.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 14 Mar. 2026
  • Fort Worth uses a demerit system, with zero being a perfect score.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Dec. 2025
  • Fort Worth uses a demerit system, with zero being a perfect score.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Fort Worth uses a demerit system, with zero being a perfect score.
    — Shambhavi Rimal, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Fort Worth uses a demerit system, with zero being a perfect score.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 Nov. 2025
  • Fort Worth uses a demerit system, with zero being a perfect score.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 10 June 2026
  • On his second, Dominique pulled off a savage windmill, the same dunk that had earned a perfect score the year before and won him the title.
    — Kevin Sherrington feb. 10, Dallas Morning News, 10 Feb. 2026
  • Fort Worth uses a demerit system, with zero being a perfect score.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 May 2026
  • Fort Worth uses a demerit system, with zero being a perfect score.
    — Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Oct. 2025

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