How to Use to be exact in a Sentence

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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
• 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
• Not expected to be exact, but more of an overall theme for the day.
  — Amanda Kaufman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• Along with the low price (just $10, to be exact), there’s a lot to love about this unique blouse.
  — Madeline Merinuk, PEOPLE, 7 Apr. 2026
• Super Bowls — all five that the franchise can claim, to be exact.
  — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Nov. 2025
• And then couple of months later — nine, to be exact — I was born.
  — Scott Feinberg, HollywoodReporter, 6 Nov. 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
• My out-of-style epiphany occurred at Target, in the hair care aisle to be exact.
  — Sherry Kuehl, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
• The statue is ninety-eight feet tall, to be exact, and its arms stretch 92 feet wide.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2023
• The project has been many years in the making – 17 years, to be exact, Lake said.
  — Michelle L. Quinn, Chicago Tribune, 26 May 2025
• The bag itself is pretty compact but fits a ton — 25 liters of stuff to be exact.
  — Mike Winters, CNBC, 7 Dec. 2025
• 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
• If the name doesn’t give it away, Duffy’s Dough is all about bread — sourdough, to be exact.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 Nov. 2025
• The material is stretchy (a stretch-polyamide, to be exact) that can mold to a changing body.
  — Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 16 July 2025
• But the fourth-richest man in the world spent even more on his superyacht—more than double, to be exact.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 21 Nov. 2025
• More than half of young people want to be influencers — 57%, to be exact.
  — Gili Malinsky, CNBC, 14 Sep. 2024
• Forty-nine days, to be exact, and 34 games of the Rangers’ season in total.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
• That was more than two decades ago – April 10, 2005, to be exact.
  — Stuart James, New York Times, 25 Aug. 2025
• 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
• The sushi tacos, seven to be exact, have a dedicated section on the menu.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 5 May 2024
• The thought of retirement has lingered in Morton’s head for a long time now, five years to be exact.
  — Said Bravo, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
• Ulta’s wide store distribution — 50 states to be exact — was a key draw for the pair.
  — Noor Lobad, WWD, 16 July 2024
• Father’s Day is right around the corner — June 18, to be exact.
  — Esther Carlstone, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023
• Then, May’s images showed a crater — the Nightingale Crater, to be exact.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
• Just be sure to shop early, Wednesday to be exact, for the best finds and check back often since there are new deals each week.
  — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 3 Dec. 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
• 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
• Hudsonian whimbrels, to be exact, shorebirds about the size of crows with long, thin, slightly curved beaks.
  — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 14 Feb. 2026
• Podcasters are taking over the globe — the Golden Globes, to be exact.
  — Brendan Morrow, USA Today, 8 May 2025