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Recent Examples of dead-on Amelia Blood sent a hard sweep into the circle dead-on on one, and Casucci tipped it in for a 1-0 lead. Tom Mulherin, Boston Herald, 3 Oct. 2025 And as dead-on comedies will sometimes do, the movie claimed a piece of reality. James Parker, The Atlantic, 12 Sep. 2025 Courtesy of Tierra Patagonia Courtesy of Tierra Patagonia Location Tierra Patagonia sits on the picturesque shores of Lake Sarmiento, with dead-on views of the park’s iconic mountains and namesake towers. Elizabeth Brownfield, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 So in the unlikely event that there’s a dead-on collision with a large asteroid at the reactor site, the debris of the reactor may be distributed in the dust of the moon, but all those little TRISO particles will hopefully remain intact. Emily Waltz, IEEE Spectrum, 22 Aug. 2025 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 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 The Synanon Connection With her long coat, oversized glasses and dead-on stare, Toni Colette’s central Wayward character gives off the uncomfortable feeling of a cult leader. Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dead-on
Adjective
  • Many experts donated years of their time and decades of expertise to help me make these depictions as rich and accurate as possible.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 21 Oct. 2025
  • These projections have been fairly accurate over the past decade, with sportsbooks predicting the East’s total number of regular season wins within single digits six times.
    Lev Akabas, Sportico.com, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • The pool of possible questions was raised to 128, and the requirement for correct answers raised to 12 out of 20 asked.
    Chad de Guzman, Time, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Most restaurants correct violations at the time of the original inspection or shortly after.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • In my experience, this is especially true in the lonely hours of the night while struggling with chronic pain.
    Joni Eareckson Tada, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • For most Galatasaray supporters, domestic titles were never the true measure of success; Europe was.
    The Athletic UK Staff, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
  • Non-perishable items or foods that last a long time in the fridge can be good options.
    Merve Ceylan, Health, 26 Oct. 2025
  • The baby, who initially made good progress after the surgery, died 20 days later.
    Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 26 Oct. 2025

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“Dead-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dead-on. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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