word for word

adverb

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as in directly
in the same words you don't have to record the professor's comments word for word in your notes

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Recent Examples of word for word Not a word for word quote, so don’t quote Margaret. — Yvonne Villarreal, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2026 The lawsuit goes on to include examples of responses from OpenAI’s models side by side with Britannica’s text, in which entire passages appear to match word for word. — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 16 Mar. 2026 That narrative appears word for word in both arrest reports — for a Venezuelan man and a Mexican man. — Melissa Sanchez, ProPublica, 4 Feb. 2026 The same sentiment is expressed by someone else, word for word, in one of the Nextdoor threads about Desi. — Michael Benanav, Christian Science Monitor, 26 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for word for word
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  1. directly
  2. accurately
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  • Lawson did not directly address that debate following Thursday’s victory.
    — Jackson Thompson OutKick, FOXNews.com, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Not long ago, Malone was working directly alongside three-time MVP Nikola Jokić, arguably the best player on the planet.
    — Brendan Marks, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of directly
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  • Traditional weather forecast models often also take in other raw data, capturing as much information as possible to accurately represent the current state of the atmosphere so the model can use physics to simulate conditions forward.
    — Scott K. Johnson, ArsTechnica, 8 Sep. 2026
  • Sadly, for an analytics nerd like me, there will never be a single, all-encompassing metric that accurately measures and accounts for every aspect of playing quarterback.
    — Austin Mock, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of accurately

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