to be exact

phrase

—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

Recent Examples on the Web

But instead of leaving the rink for an empty condo with only his own thoughts to keep him company, Tavares went to a home — Doug Weight’s, to be exact. — Mark Lazerus, New York Times, 9 Sep. 2026

Rooms Nearly all of the property’s 244 rooms sit inside the main hotel; 208 of them, to be exact. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 4 Sep. 2026

SpaceX's Roman Space Telescope launch for NASA will last just over 31 minutes (31 minutes and 31 seconds, to be exact), in order to send Roman on its way into deep space. — Tariq Malik, Space.com, 28 Aug. 2026

Streamed exclusively on Netflix, Rockstar Games gave gamers an extended look — 26 minutes, to be exact — at the storylines, gameplay and more players can expect when the game releases later this year. — Meredith G. White, AZCentral.com, 27 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for to be exact

• overreact
• abstract
• attacked
• attract
• contact
• contract
• detract
• distract
• enact
• extract
• hijacked
• impact