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Recent Examples of dead-on Pixar’s first feature is still the template for every great movie the studio has made since: earned emotions; ripping action sequences; dead-on insights into human nature; and lots of giddy, witty, silly laughs. Will Leitch, Vulture, 19 June 2025 The film is a dead-on skewering of the high-on-their-own supply megalomania that now afflicts so many members of the techno oligarchy, who unfortunately also control the levers of the world. Alison Willmore, Vulture, 31 May 2025 Simpson seemed particularly excited to see the photographer Dawoud Bey, who’s spent a half century chronicling life on the streets of Black communities, mostly through dead-on portraits. Julian Lucas, New Yorker, 5 May 2025 That dawn of discovery is an incredible moment that plays out in a car with Jordan’s reaction to Sammie’s star-making talent being dead-on perfect. Randy Myers, Mercury News, 11 Apr. 2025 Indeed, Dean Edwards' Denzel is hilarious and dead-on, Kenan Thompson's impression here less so. EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024 The first was Hurricane Ian, which made landfall dead-on as a Category 4 storm. Melvin Backman, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024 Indeed, Dean Edwards' Denzel is hilarious and dead-on, Kenan Thompson's impression here less so. EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024 The Nope star stopped by The Tonight Show on Tuesday night (Nov. 19) to describe the scary moment to host Jimmy Fallon, complete with a pretty dead-on Nicki impersonation. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dead-on
Adjective
  • Prices were accurate at the time of publication but may change.
    Saman Shafiq, USA Today, 5 July 2025
  • Even when observers were given the personal backstory behind a tattoo, their judgments didn’t become significantly more accurate.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 4 July 2025
Adjective
  • And Chicago might get drenched again on Sunday, if those forecasts are correct.
    Jeff Gluck, New York Times, 6 July 2025
  • Perhaps in this light, the optional content warning in Expelled really is the correct way to include these types of things in games.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2025
Adjective
  • Be open to what needs to be dismantled in order to build something stronger and more aligned with your true path in the future.
    Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 July 2025
  • Country singer Gavin Adcock proved that to still be true by slamming the March 2024 LP, which is charting ahead of his forthcoming effort, Own Worst Enemy, during a rant at his recent concert.
    Armon Sadler, VIBE.com, 1 July 2025
Adjective
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    Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2025
  • But maybe, in an odd way, the timing is good, given the looming July 31 trade deadline.
    Marc Topkin, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 July 2025

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“Dead-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dead-on. Accessed 11 Jul. 2025.

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