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 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.
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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
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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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exactitude
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For example, TikTok’s current Community Guidelines prohibit misinformation and work with independent fact-checkers to assess the accuracy of content.—
Preston Fore,
Fortune,
22 Sep. 2025
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The results matched core samples, proving the system could identify ore zones with greater accuracy than conventional methods.—
Sujita Sinha,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Sep. 2025
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Its structure allows researchers to switch between two magnetic states with precision.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
23 Sep. 2025
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This critical series cinematically captures the horrific terrorism that stunned the world on October 7 with harrowing precision and inspires with these true-life stories of heroism and heartbreak.—
Caitlin Huston,
HollywoodReporter,
22 Sep. 2025
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The story, set between 1976 and 1978, involves a teenager from India named Pi Patel (played to perfection by Taha Mandviwala), telling his story of survival to a couple of investigators from the Japanese Ministry of Transport (played by Alan Ariano and Mi Kang).—
Rick Mauch,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
24 Sep. 2025
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The pursuit of automotive perfection reached extraordinary heights in 2025, with engineers pushing the boundaries of what’s mechanically possible on four wheels.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
24 Sep. 2025
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“Exactitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exactitude. Accessed 29 Sep. 2025.
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