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Examples of smack-dab in a Sentence
made reservations at a restaurant that's smack-dab in the center of town
Recent Examples on the Web
Friends have gone even further north to St. Johnsbury, which is smack-dab in the path of totality.
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Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2024
The Detroit Lions coach grew up a huge Cowboys fan in Glen Rose, Texas, a tiny town about 75 miles southwest of Dallas that got a population spike in the mid-1970s when a when a nuclear power plant opened smack-dab in the middle of oil country.
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Carlos Monarrez, Detroit Free Press, 26 Jan. 2024
Trump’s hefty support is smack-dab in the middle of two wings of the Republican primary electorate: One wing is more establishment, moderate Republicans who adamantly oppose Trump, the other wing are the people who like Trump’s policies but aren’t fond of the man himself.
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Katie Bernardand, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
His career was smack-dab in the Steelers’ dynasty era.
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Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Nov. 2023
Brevard is smack-dab in the middle of waterfall country.
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Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 8 Nov. 2023
The celebrity endorsers -- Mark Wahlberg, Cole Hauser, and Andy Pettitte -- are smack-dab in the middle of the target demographic.
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Neal B. Freeman, National Review, 22 Sep. 2023
Construction began on Angel Stadium in Anaheim in 1964 with Mickey Mouse presiding,* smack-dab in a cornfield that may or may not have been a Native American burial ground.
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Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 30 Aug. 2023
However, smack-dab between her stints on Jonas and Victorious was a single episode of The CW's 90210 spin-off that aired on the network in 2010.
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Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 5 Aug. 2023
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Word History
First Known Use
1892, in the meaning defined above
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Cite this Entry
“Smack-dab.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/smack-dab. Accessed 14 Jun. 2024.
Kids Definition
smack-dab
adverbˈsmak-ˈdab
: exactly sense 1b
smack-dab in the middle
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