as in accuracy
the quality or state of being very accurate
after its opening weekend, a movie's final box office gross can be estimated with considerable exactitude
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Recent Examples of exactitude
Cove is much larger, with a more formal service style, but the exactitude is still there, the sense of stylishness, the obsession and the delight.
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
There’s no way to say, with any degree of exactitude, how many times a scene like that has played out during Ovechkin’s career.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Bigelow pulls the film together with the exactitude of a fighter pilot.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
But Hynes details life’s vicissitudes with poetic exactitude.
—Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
There’s no way to say, with any degree of exactitude, how many times a scene like that has played out during Ovechkin’s career.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Bigelow pulls the film together with the exactitude of a fighter pilot.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
But Hynes details life’s vicissitudes with poetic exactitude.
—Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exactitude
Noun
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Off a hunch, Mollick ran the story through Pangram, a program that detects AI writing with 99% accuracy.—
Brittany Allen,
Literary Hub,
19 May 2026
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Using hardware mounted to the ceilings of brick-and-mortar stores, Radar’s technology can read any radio-frequency identification, or RFID, tag with 99% accuracy, the company said.—
Gabrielle Fonrouge,
CNBC,
19 May 2026
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Maybe more importantly, he was considered one of the most NFL-ready receivers in this class, which gives him a better chance to contribute early with a QB who expects precision and professionalism.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
17 May 2026
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Your calm precision can keep the whole plan from wobbling.—
Tarot.com,
Chicago Tribune,
17 May 2026
Noun
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The easiest way to maintain a gut health diet is to focus on balance rather than perfection.—
Ryan Brennan,
Sacbee.com,
18 May 2026
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Their objective is not perfection.—
Robert Daugherty,
Forbes.com,
17 May 2026
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“Exactitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exactitude. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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