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Recent Examples of imprecision
A certain amount of confusion and imprecision is built into the use of the term.
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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
This imprecision means that exactly what conditions are like on the planet's surface remain open to debate.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Leaders are forced to trust numerous systems, knowing imprecision grows with every additional layer or process.
—Chris Novak, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
Rough phrasing can be powered through on an ATV of anthemic feeling — thus the career of Tim Rice — but Barne and Buchan are aiming to find depth in the small, and every lyrical imprecision destabilizes the whole.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2025
Then the doe took off, and the gravity of his imprecision sank in.
—Devon O’Neil, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
Any claim for Swift’s genius should reckon with her lapses into imprecision and pompousness.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
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
This imprecision means that exactly what conditions are like on the planet's surface remain open to debate.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
Leaders are forced to trust numerous systems, knowing imprecision grows with every additional layer or process.
—Chris Novak, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2025
Rough phrasing can be powered through on an ATV of anthemic feeling — thus the career of Tim Rice — but Barne and Buchan are aiming to find depth in the small, and every lyrical imprecision destabilizes the whole.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2025
Then the doe took off, and the gravity of his imprecision sank in.
—Devon O’Neil, Outside, 15 Oct. 2025
Any claim for Swift’s genius should reckon with her lapses into imprecision and pompousness.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 4 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for imprecision
inaccuracy
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With the names of the two Kansas Cities firmly established over time, complaints about their dullness or geographical inaccuracy were largely confined to letters to the editor.—
Elijah Winkler,
Kansas City Star,
29 Mar. 2026
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When inaccuracies do crop up, ghostwriters often take the fall.—
Emily Hodgson Anderson,
The Conversation,
25 Mar. 2026
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“Imprecision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/imprecision. Accessed 1 Apr. 2026.
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