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.
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Sean Gentille,
New York Times,
25 Oct. 2025
Bigelow pulls the film together with the exactitude of a fighter pilot.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
But Hynes details life’s vicissitudes with poetic exactitude.
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Will Dukes,
Rolling Stone,
2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for exactitude
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.
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Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
3 Sep. 2025
But Hynes details life’s vicissitudes with poetic exactitude.
—
Will Dukes,
Rolling Stone,
2 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for exactitude
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exactitude
Noun
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Despite concerns about the accuracy of the records in the new system, Sooknanan said, the administration shared the database with states, which used it on their rolls.
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But it is being pitched to the general public, albeit to those who care about accuracy.
Noun
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One of the most advanced attack submarine The Barracuda class is considered one of the most advanced attack submarine designs in Europe, combining stealth, long endurance, and the ability to strike both ships and land targets with precision.
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Drums and bells had been used for so long to gather people for town meetings or church services that hardly anybody complained when bells were tuned or fifes added to the drum corps, which began to march with choreographic precision.
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By evening, honor progress over perfection.
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But the stock had been priced for near perfection at the height of the technology bubble.
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“Exactitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exactitude. Accessed 30 Jun. 2026.
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