How to Use hit the mark in a Sentence
hit the mark
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The trend line looks like this week’s report will hit the mark.
—John Myers, Los Angeles Times, 19 Apr. 2021
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This ski jacket for men hit the mark for both style and function.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 15 Dec. 2025
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Keep my head down, hit the mark, be a team player and make money.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Jan. 2023
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And boy oh boy did this month’s newest menswear arrivals hit the mark.
—Maverick Li, Men's Health, 8 Mar. 2023
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Brady hit the mark by Week 11 of that season.
—Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 19 Oct. 2025
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Bad throws equate to throws that do not hit the mark, and exclude spikes and throwaways.
—James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
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Every one of Julie’s takes hit the mark, every note rang true.
—Wash Westmoreland, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Feb. 2025
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But scorching levels of buying would be needed to hit the mark.
—Mark Weinraub Reuters, Star Tribune, 1 Aug. 2020
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Celebrity courses don't always hit the mark.
—Jill Duffy, PC Magazine, 13 Aug. 2025
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As with any instructions, more detail means more likely to hit the mark.
—Bernard Marr, Forbes, 17 Mar. 2025
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There's been a lot of things in recent movies that didn't quite hit the mark or things weren't accurate.
—Nick Romano, EW.com, 22 July 2024
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There are so many sequels that miss the mark in sci-fi, but there are a few that really hit the mark.
—Jackie Strause, HollywoodReporter, 14 Apr. 2025
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After all, neon coral for January just doesn't quite hit the mark.
—Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
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The best dad songs and tribute songs for dad are often a mix of emotion and humor, and these tunes hit the mark.
—Erin Cavoto, Country Living, 30 May 2023
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If a place could look like a hangover, Miami Beach would hit the mark.
—Olivia McAuley, Rolling Stone, 25 Mar. 2021
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Ask the right questions and create solutions that hit the mark every time.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2025
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Both of these trends support the notion that custom and unique gifts are always going to hit the mark.
—Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 9 Sep. 2023
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Nageotte, the reigning Olympic champion, hit the mark on her first try.
—oregonlive, 17 July 2022
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Our team member had been searching for a good pillow and this one absolutely hit the mark.
—Rennie Dyball, PEOPLE.com, 12 July 2022
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But, again, Chubb and Hunt don’t need to rack up 100-yard games down the stretch to hit the mark.
—Scott Patsko, cleveland, 18 Nov. 2020
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Phil Esposito hit the mark four times in his days in Black and Gold.
—Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 22 Feb. 2023
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There’ll be some massaging, but whatever passes is bound to hit the mark with most voters.
—Los Angeles Times, 2 Feb. 2023
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The startup has hit the mark within two years of fully rolling out products in Walmart's stores.
—Sridhar Natarajanand Jaewon Kang Bloomberg News (wpns), arkansasonline.com, 13 Dec. 2024
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His comments about being a wealthy black man in a country that doesn’t value the lives of people of color hit the mark.
—oregonlive, 9 June 2020
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Beckham put his throws into the net two straight times, and both came before Tagovailoa hit the mark.
—Omar Kelly, Miami Herald, 5 June 2024
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That’s all well and good, even if Gunn’s attempts at sincerity don’t always hit the mark.
—Justin Chang, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2023
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Even within those bounds, Green Light’s suggestions don’t always hit the mark.
—Lauren Leffer, Scientific American, 15 Aug. 2024
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And though every dish didn’t hit the mark, the flavors were warm and familiar, and the portions were generous.
—Maggie Hennessy, Bon Appétit, 29 Sep. 2023
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Diplomatically, the glitzy look also hit the mark.
—Monique Jessen, PEOPLE, 19 Dec. 2025
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Lead singles don’t always hit the mark, but MGK sure knocked his out of the ballpark this time around.
—Billboard Staff, Billboard, 6 Oct. 2020
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