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Recent Examples of exactitude 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 Which brings up a second paradox: Dudamel always seems most energized with scores full of rhythmic rattle and percussive excitement, pieces that demand pinpoint exactitude and a knack for assembling large, coherent structures out of jagged shards. Justin Davidson, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024 Implementing this kind of exactitude across a crowd of dancers is one of Goebel’s signatures. Coralie Kraft, New York Times, 9 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for exactitude
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Noun
  • Results will show whether the tool improves the accuracy of the reading, Lee said — as well as whether the radiologist tends to let AI scores trump their own expertise.
    Madeline Heim, jsonline.com, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Richardson was the fourth overall pick in the 2023 NFL draft but came into the season as the Colts’ backup quarterback after struggling with injuries and accuracy in his first two seasons in the league.
    Ben Morse, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • At just 17 years old at the time, Irwin delivered a standout season marked by emotional storytelling and technical precision.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Oct. 2025
  • Scent preferences are personal, and today’s perfumers approach candle compositions with the same artistry and precision as fine colognes, treating them as another olfactory canvas to paint on.
    Michael Stefanov, Robb Report, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Prioritizing perfection, or at least the absence of mistakes, has impacted military leadership culture in many ways.
    Davis Winkie, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The sessions, recorded at the legendary Van Gelder Studio in just three days, were less about perfection than presence.
    Shelby Stewart, Essence, 12 Oct. 2025

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“Exactitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exactitude. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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