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.
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Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 6 Nov. 2025
And then couple of months later — nine, to be exact — I was born.
—Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 2025
Blue Heelers and Aussies, to be exact.
—Grace Hollars, IndyStar, 3 Nov. 2025
That performance gave him the most pass completions in NFL history — 2,146 of them to be exact — through six seasons.
—Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 Oct. 2025
See All Example Sentences for to be exact
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“To be exact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20be%20exact. Accessed 13 Nov. 2025.
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