to be precise
idiom
—used to indicate that a statement is accurate and specific
one night in early summer—June 22, to be precise
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Rather than snacking at random moments throughout the day, Van Eck and Tsui recommend building regular snack times into your schedule—every three to four hours, to be precise.
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Caroline Tien, SELF, 6 June 2025
One that had a slim chance of continuing as teammates on the pro level, a 1 in 32 chance — the number of NFL teams — to be precise.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2025
Of course, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or indeed other parts of England are valuable, too, but of the approximately 7 million square feet of filming stage space that the U.K. benefits from, nearly a quarter of it (21 percent, to be precise) is in London.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2025
This classic Inter move was inches from leading to the winner, if not for the tightest of offside calls — the width of a toe to be precise.
—Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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Caroline Tien, SELF, 6 June 2025
One that had a slim chance of continuing as teammates on the pro level, a 1 in 32 chance — the number of NFL teams — to be precise.
—Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 1 June 2025
Of course, Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland or indeed other parts of England are valuable, too, but of the approximately 7 million square feet of filming stage space that the U.K. benefits from, nearly a quarter of it (21 percent, to be precise) is in London.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 6 May 2025
This classic Inter move was inches from leading to the winner, if not for the tightest of offside calls — the width of a toe to be precise.
—Ahmed Walid, New York Times, 1 May 2025
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“To be precise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20be%20precise. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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