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
The serenity and quiet exactitude of those outings correspond perfectly with main sport.
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Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
The focus and surgical exactitude that qualified him to guide a missile through the stars would from then on be applied to guiding an unwilling society to the idea that gay Americans were, in every way, deserving of equal rights and respect under the law.
—Evan Brechtel, NBC news, 22 May 2025
Boy Blue, from Britain, takes exactitude to another level, perfectly synchronizing with the music.
—Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
With what exactitude must, say, the square root of 2 (an irrational number that enters into many of the relevant quantum operations) be experimentally realized?
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2018
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Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
The focus and surgical exactitude that qualified him to guide a missile through the stars would from then on be applied to guiding an unwilling society to the idea that gay Americans were, in every way, deserving of equal rights and respect under the law.
—Evan Brechtel, NBC news, 22 May 2025
Boy Blue, from Britain, takes exactitude to another level, perfectly synchronizing with the music.
—Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
With what exactitude must, say, the square root of 2 (an irrational number that enters into many of the relevant quantum operations) be experimentally realized?
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Nov. 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exactitude
Noun
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The submissions were also sent to prosecutor Daniel Porceddu, who didn't check their accuracy.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
27 Jan. 2026
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Speed is praised more than accuracy.—
Vibhas Ratanjee,
Forbes.com,
27 Jan. 2026
Noun
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Data centres and automation are raising requirements for power, connectivity, and operational precision.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
8 Jan. 2026
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Players use it for precision drills and reaction training.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
7 Jan. 2026
Noun
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This showstopper of a dessert mashes up the bold caffeinated flavors of classic tiramisu with the perfectly wobbly, creamy perfection of panna cotta.—
Jesse Szewczyk,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
27 Jan. 2026
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This reduces perfection pressure, increases psychological safety, and brings coworkers into the experimentation instead of waiting for a finished solution.—
Keith Ferrazzi,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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“Exactitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exactitude. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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