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Noun
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A certain amount of confusion and imprecision is built into the use of the term.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
18 Feb. 2026 -
The evidence is considered very low certainty due to the studies’ risk of bias, inconsistency, and imprecision.—
Theresa Gaffney,
STAT,
17 Feb. 2026
Noun
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Disney+ / Hulu’s Perfect Crown actors IU and Byeon Woo Seok apologized for the series’ historical inaccuracies in the 11th episode of the romantic K-drama, which aired on May 15.—
Laura Sirikul,
Forbes.com,
18 May 2026
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But his inaccuracy in the playoffs proved costly as Green Bay blew a 21-3 halftime lead.—
Steve Megargee,
Baltimore Sun,
8 May 2026
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After all, among all the disciplines in the world, science is the one most devoted to creating our best approximation of truthful reality.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
6 May 2026
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That bears little resemblance to the EPA’s testing, which remains the closest approximation of real-world efficiency for EVs.—
Jonathan M. Gitlin,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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That means that one in every 17 miles of Idaho roads studied scored poor on the roughness index.—
Rose Evans
May 11,
Idaho Statesman,
11 May 2026
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With just the right amount of roughness, the ocean is the perfect place for littles ones to exert their boundless energy.—
Katherine Polcari,
Southern Living,
2 May 2026
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So much of the film turns on such evocative inexactitude, on our ability to wonder (and wander) about the image.—
Bilge Ebiri,
Vulture,
7 Apr. 2021
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Bruno was fed up with berating his cooks for all their mistakes and inexactitudes, not to mention the grumbling.—
Jonathan Kauffman,
SFChronicle.com,
22 June 2018
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But many seemingly urbane texts also benefited from the intellectual and moral coarseness of their times.—
Christine Smallwood,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Mar. 2026
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The term plant texture refers to the fineness or coarseness, roughness or smoothness, heaviness or lightness of a particular plant.—
David Beaulieu,
The Spruce,
15 Feb. 2026
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“Impreciseness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/impreciseness. Accessed 20 May. 2026.
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