to be precise
idiom
—used to indicate that a statement is accurate and specific
one night in early summer—June 22, to be precise
Examples of to be precise in a Sentence
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There are a lot of different types of dates—around 400 to be precise.
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Sina Petri, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2024
Poppe was awarded slightly less than $17 million — $16.99 million, to be precise — in her total direct compensation from PG&E for the company’s 2023 fiscal year that ended in December.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
More than half of these eggs (40,000, to be precise) come from Braswell Family Farms in North Carolina, who boiled and dyed thousands of eggs in orange, green, purple, pink, and blue to add some Easter color to the White House.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2024
There’s even hope that the AI craze will jump-start demand for PCs—AI PCs, to be precise.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
Despite the decades of bad press and costly litigation that ensued, pyramid schemes—or, to be precise, the ostensibly law-abiding companies that happen to be dead ringers for pyramid schemes—appear to be an immovable pillar of the American economy.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
In just over two months — or 64 days, to be precise — Super Micro’s stock has gained $842 per share, or a 295% increase.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
In fact, a recent study by Nuffield Health found that the average adult is getting under six hours (5.91, to be precise) per night on average—a figure that's worsening each year.
—Tanyel Mustafa, Glamour, 16 Feb. 2024
One summer evening, in the mid-19th century, Henry David Thoreau threw a party—a melon party, to be precise, a long-standing tradition of his earthy, garden-loving family.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2024
Sina Petri, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2024
Poppe was awarded slightly less than $17 million — $16.99 million, to be precise — in her total direct compensation from PG&E for the company’s 2023 fiscal year that ended in December.
—George Avalos, The Mercury News, 5 Apr. 2024
More than half of these eggs (40,000, to be precise) come from Braswell Family Farms in North Carolina, who boiled and dyed thousands of eggs in orange, green, purple, pink, and blue to add some Easter color to the White House.
—Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 1 Apr. 2024
There’s even hope that the AI craze will jump-start demand for PCs—AI PCs, to be precise.
—Michal Lev-Ram, Fortune, 25 Mar. 2024
Despite the decades of bad press and costly litigation that ensued, pyramid schemes—or, to be precise, the ostensibly law-abiding companies that happen to be dead ringers for pyramid schemes—appear to be an immovable pillar of the American economy.
—Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024
In just over two months — or 64 days, to be precise — Super Micro’s stock has gained $842 per share, or a 295% increase.
—William Gavin, Quartz, 4 Mar. 2024
In fact, a recent study by Nuffield Health found that the average adult is getting under six hours (5.91, to be precise) per night on average—a figure that's worsening each year.
—Tanyel Mustafa, Glamour, 16 Feb. 2024
One summer evening, in the mid-19th century, Henry David Thoreau threw a party—a melon party, to be precise, a long-standing tradition of his earthy, garden-loving family.
—Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2024
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