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• And, in some cases, their pets — six dogs and two cats, to be exact.
  — Sam Farmer, Los Angeles Times, 14 Jan. 2025
• Clark Hunt has been here before—four times in the last five years, to be exact.
  — Bette Canter, Sportico.com, 8 Feb. 2025
• Forty-nine days, to be exact, and 34 games of the Rangers’ season in total.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
• It's been a while (2 years to be exact), but The Wheel of Time is finally back.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 1 Sep. 2023
• My desire for the perfect notepad led me to Japan—Ito Bindery of Tokyo, to be exact.
  — Air Mail, 19 Apr. 2025
• This week’s episode kicks off with Quad’s new man, King, pulling out all the stops—a brand-new Rolls Royce, to be exact.
  — Shelby Stewart, Essence, 9 Dec. 2024
• My out-of-style epiphany occurred at Target, in the hair care aisle to be exact.
  — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
• It’s been a long road for its owners — four years, to be exact — just to get the place up and running.
  — Ryan Slattery, Travel + Leisure, 2 Sep. 2024
• Then, May’s images showed a crater — the Nightingale Crater, to be exact.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
• The statue is ninety-eight feet tall, to be exact, and its arms stretch 92 feet wide.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2023
• More than half of the episodes of this first season take place in the South, Texas and South Carolina to be exact.
  — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 27 Sep. 2024
• Father’s Day is right around the corner — June 18, to be exact.
  — Esther Carlstone, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023
• Not expected to be exact, but more of an overall theme for the day.
  — Amanda Kaufman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• There are eight breweries to be exact, all waiting to quench your thirst with a cold craft beer.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
• That's nine hours, 21 minutes and six seconds to be exact.
  — John Tufts, The Indianapolis Star, 10 Dec. 2024
• Delta Air Lines has its Comfort+ section with extra legroom, a 34-inch seat pitch to be exact.
  — Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2024
• And he's hit plenty of birdies of his own: 12, to be exact, not to mention the three eagles he's recorded.
  — Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Apr. 2025
• The network says more than half of the CBS audience — 52 percent, to be exact — is new to the series.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Oct. 2023
• Curve models were included in the show—three to be exact.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 8 Dec. 2023
• Lawrence wore the $295 La Ligne Colby Pants to be exact, which inspired us to find lookalikes for less.
  — Clara McMahon, People.com, 14 May 2025
• Time, 60 minutes to be exact, on Sunday, will show the football world whether that is true or false.
  — Scott Thompson, Fox News, 6 Feb. 2025
• Well, 4 feet 11 inches and three-quarters, to be exact.
  — Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 27 Apr. 2025
• What’s more, Amazon Prime members can score the sneakers for even less right now ($23, to be exact).
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
• More than half of young people want to be influencers — 57%, to be exact.
  — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2024
• Because there are so many options—like, 705 to be exact.
  — Elise Taylor, Vogue, 23 Dec. 2024
• So, there’s a pretty wide gap (48 picks to be exact) between their first and second picks.
  — Mike Kaye, Charlotte Observer, 12 Feb. 2025
• Podcasters are taking over the globe — the Golden Globes, to be exact.
  — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 8 May 2025
• John Hughes was from the suburbs: Northbrook, to be exact.
  — Daniel De Visé, USA TODAY, 18 June 2024
• Eminem fans have been waiting quite some time to get a new album from the rapper — four years to be exact.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 12 July 2024
• Ulta’s wide store distribution — 50 states to be exact — was a key draw for the pair.
  — Noor Lobad, WWD, 16 July 2024