: exactly correct or accurate
a dead-on analysis
his impersonations were dead-on
Examples of dead-on in a Sentence
a stand-up comedian known for her dead-on impressions of various divas of stage and screen
Recent Examples on the Web
TikTok sensation Miguel Luciano, known for his dead-on Housewife impressions, will be there to provide an assist.
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
But Charli’s quote has lingered in my head ever since listening to Jessie Ware’s dead-on-arrival sixth record, Superbloom.
—Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 20 Apr. 2026
His eyes meet the camera dead-on.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
The placement on Favre’s 350-yard shot had been dead-on and the lungs were jellied.
—John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 11 Dec. 2025
And as dead-on comedies will sometimes do, the movie claimed a piece of reality.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
So in the unlikely event that there’s a dead-on collision with a large asteroid at the reactor site, the debris of the reactor may be distributed in the dust of the moon, but all those little TRISO particles will hopefully remain intact.
—Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2025
The photos of the actor come a week after director Sam Mendes released the first images of the cast of his upcoming four-part Beatles biopic project, The Beatles — a Four-Film Cinematic Event, with Mescal earning praise for his eerily dead-on take of a young Paul McCartney.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
The Synanon Connection With her long coat, oversized glasses and dead-on stare, Toni Colette’s central Wayward character gives off the uncomfortable feeling of a cult leader.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2026
But Charli’s quote has lingered in my head ever since listening to Jessie Ware’s dead-on-arrival sixth record, Superbloom.
—Harry Tafoya, Pitchfork, 20 Apr. 2026
His eyes meet the camera dead-on.
—Sam Knight, New Yorker, 16 Feb. 2026
The placement on Favre’s 350-yard shot had been dead-on and the lungs were jellied.
—John B. Snow, Outdoor Life, 11 Dec. 2025
And as dead-on comedies will sometimes do, the movie claimed a piece of reality.
—James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025
So in the unlikely event that there’s a dead-on collision with a large asteroid at the reactor site, the debris of the reactor may be distributed in the dust of the moon, but all those little TRISO particles will hopefully remain intact.
—Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2025
The photos of the actor come a week after director Sam Mendes released the first images of the cast of his upcoming four-part Beatles biopic project, The Beatles — a Four-Film Cinematic Event, with Mescal earning praise for his eerily dead-on take of a young Paul McCartney.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
The Synanon Connection With her long coat, oversized glasses and dead-on stare, Toni Colette’s central Wayward character gives off the uncomfortable feeling of a cult leader.
—Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
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“Dead-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/dead-on. Accessed 30 Apr. 2026.
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