How to Use exact science in a Sentence
exact science
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At the end of the day, making movies isn’t an exact science.
—Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 24 Feb. 2022
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Trust your gut Look, there’s no exact science to finding the best deals.
—Samantha Gordon, USA TODAY, 12 July 2019
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Knowing what makes a state a great place to live isn’t an exact science.
—Leada Gore | Lgore@al.com, al, 26 Jan. 2023
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This is a man who has drinking beer through a meat straw down to an exact science.
—Serena Dai, Bon Appétit, 26 Aug. 2022
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Of course, judging when a player is ready for the big leagues isn’t an exact science.
—Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 12 Feb. 2022
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To be sure, this is not an exact science, and levels can vary from one trader to the other.
—Fred Imbert, CNBC, 4 Feb. 2025
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Business is not an exact science and founders know this.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 7 Mar. 2025
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Medicine is not an exact science, and things change every day.
—Amitha Kalaichandran, New York Times, 17 Apr. 2020
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Again, benchmarks and speed tests are not an exact science.
—Don Reisinger, Fortune, 17 May 2018
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There is no exact science or standard involved in the process.
—Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 16 Jan. 2025
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State of play: Tracking oil thirst isn't an exact science.
—Ben Geman, Axios, 16 Aug. 2024
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Baking may be an exact science, but these muffins are proof anybody can do it.
—Nik Pugmire, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Jan. 2024
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Some of the variation in the count is also likely due to the way it's conducted, which is not an exact science.
—Helen Rummel, The Arizona Republic, 3 Aug. 2023
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There’s no exact science as to where the tolerance tipping point is.
—Heather V. MacArthur, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2021
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The reentry process is not an exact science, so the potential paths, while narrow, may be 1,000 miles long.
—Cullen Murphy, The Atlantic, 11 Oct. 2024
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Of course, this is a tidy story, and Chrisman-Campbell points out that making sense of trends isn't an exact science.
—Kai McNamee, NPR, 11 Apr. 2024
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In practice, of course, X needs more than that since steering the balloons with air currents is far from an exact science.
—Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, 24 Oct. 2017
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Figuring out if that core appeal is there pre-launch, of course, is not an exact science.
—Kyle Orland, Ars Technica, 4 June 2019
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Although far from an exact science, picking the right time to book is now less of a guessing game thanks to new metrics and services.
—Chris Clayton, Outside Online, 26 June 2014
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Remember, though, that airlines have to swap out planes every once in a while, so this isn't an exact science.
—Meredith Carey, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Aug. 2019
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There’s no exact science to parenting, which is why there have been a million books written about it.
—Michael Schneider, Variety, 25 Oct. 2022
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As Parents reports, due dates are not an exact science.
—Sara Vallone, Miami Herald, 22 Apr. 2024
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Williams is the first to admit hydrology is not an exact science.
—Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Aug. 2022
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But the whole process is not an exact science — there’s still a lot of experimentation.
—Johana Bhuiyan, Recode, 20 May 2018
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Think of power training more like cooking, rather than an exact science.
—Hayden Carpenter, Outside Online, 16 Mar. 2021
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Projecting the timeline of a rehab program is hardly an exact science.
—Jon Paul Hoornstra, MSNBC Newsweek, 9 Dec. 2025
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Yet like any art form, casting is far from an exact science and involves a little bit of alchemy.
—Max Gao, HollywoodReporter, 1 Dec. 2025
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But projecting peak foliage isn't an exact science.
—Rachel Treisman, NPR, 22 Sep. 2025
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City’s decision-making process has been an exact science.
—Jordan Campbell, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025
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But forecasting demand isn’t an exact science.
—Justin Worland, Time, 27 Aug. 2025
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