to be exact
idiom
—used to indicate that a statement is accurate and specific
that afternoon, June 22, to be exact
They had many children—seven, to be exact.
He came a long way—from Nome, Alaska, to be exact—to attend the wedding.
Examples of to be exact in a Sentence
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Many of the best golfers in the country — 88 of them to be exact — will meet at the Augusta National Golf Club, marking the first major stop on the PGA Tour.
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Anna Tingley, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
Neil deGrasse Tyson and Stephen Colbert spent the majority of Tyson’s appearance on The Late Show debating worms — Sandworms to be exact.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
Staples: free passport photos Staples Easy Rewards members, 29,000 to be exact, can get free complimentary passport photos taken in-store on Feb. 29.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024
And at under a foot wide (11 inches, to be exact), the slim vacuum clears most chair legs and won’t need to be rescued like some other models.
—Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 12 Feb. 2024
His landscaper had noticed a problem at one of his station’s properties — a 200-foot-tall one, to be exact.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
But a few years later, some pretty big devastating thing happened to where my brother, myself, and my mother had to move to Mexico; Tijuana to be exact.
—Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 20 Mar. 2024
This museum was founded more than 100 years ago — in 1923, to be exact — originally as a collection of aircraft for engineering study.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2024
The Chiefs kept the party going into the wee hours (5:15 a.m. to be exact) and to fuel their celebratory escapades, Swift, 34, and Kelce, also 34, enjoyed some chicken fingers together, per the Vegas nightclub.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
Anna Tingley, Variety, 11 Apr. 2024
Neil deGrasse Tyson and Stephen Colbert spent the majority of Tyson’s appearance on The Late Show debating worms — Sandworms to be exact.
—Christy Piña, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Mar. 2024
Staples: free passport photos Staples Easy Rewards members, 29,000 to be exact, can get free complimentary passport photos taken in-store on Feb. 29.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 28 Feb. 2024
And at under a foot wide (11 inches, to be exact), the slim vacuum clears most chair legs and won’t need to be rescued like some other models.
—Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 12 Feb. 2024
His landscaper had noticed a problem at one of his station’s properties — a 200-foot-tall one, to be exact.
—Praveena Somasundaram, Washington Post, 9 Feb. 2024
But a few years later, some pretty big devastating thing happened to where my brother, myself, and my mother had to move to Mexico; Tijuana to be exact.
—Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 20 Mar. 2024
This museum was founded more than 100 years ago — in 1923, to be exact — originally as a collection of aircraft for engineering study.
—Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 14 Mar. 2024
The Chiefs kept the party going into the wee hours (5:15 a.m. to be exact) and to fuel their celebratory escapades, Swift, 34, and Kelce, also 34, enjoyed some chicken fingers together, per the Vegas nightclub.
—Bailey Richards, Peoplemag, 12 Feb. 2024
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