as in precision
the quality or state of being very accurate
obviously, with brain surgery the accuracy of the incision is incredibly important
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Recent Examples of accuracy
Customers will be able to increase the accuracy of the reasoning model by incorporating their own data.
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Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 June 2026
In the agentic age, accuracy isn’t a feature.
—Jerry Haywood, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Reputations of news organizations rely on truthful reports, so factual accuracy is paramount.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
The ring supposedly incorporates 12 independent signal pathways to refine accuracy across a range of finger shapes and skin tones.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 28 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for accuracy
Jordan Novet, CNBC, 2 June 2026
In the agentic age, accuracy isn’t a feature.
—Jerry Haywood, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026
Reputations of news organizations rely on truthful reports, so factual accuracy is paramount.
—Encyclopedia Britannica, 28 May 2026
The ring supposedly incorporates 12 independent signal pathways to refine accuracy across a range of finger shapes and skin tones.
—Boutayna Chokrane, Wired News, 28 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for accuracy
Recent Examples of Synonyms for accuracy
Noun
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For decades, however, the design remained largely impractical due to limitations in magnetic materials, manufacturing precision, and power control systems.—
Bojan Stojkovski,
Interesting Engineering,
7 June 2026
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Switzerland still had chances, including a late opportunity that substitute Cedric Itten headed over the crossbar in stoppage time, but the precision of the first half never fully returned.—
Eddie Brown,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
7 June 2026
Noun
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But our conversation ended up being so much about women and mothers generally, and how people in their lives create these illusions of normalcy and these illusions of perfection based on superficial stuff.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
6 June 2026
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Berenberg downgrades CrowdStrike to hold from buy Berenberg said the stock is priced to perfection.—
Michael Bloom,
CNBC,
5 June 2026
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“Accuracy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/accuracy. Accessed 9 Jun. 2026.
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