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Recent Examples of inexact Pricing players can be an inexact science, but is an extremely worthy exercise that can save future headaches. Dom Luszczyszyn, New York Times, 18 June 2025 There’s a key caveat here, which is that estimating reps in reserve is an inexact art. Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 19 May 2025 Freud’s notion of remembering, the inexact reiteration of what came before, is where creativity emerges—that slight drift from the original that lets something unlikely slip in. Namwali Serpell, The New Yorker, 8 Mar. 2025 Trying to predict the strength of a schedule is an inexact science because teams do change a lot from season to season, whether that would be in free agency, the NFL Draft or changes to the front office and coaching staff. Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 15 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for inexact
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexact
Adjective
  • The fact that his prosthetics and behavioral patterns are highly approximate is not a defect but instead provides essential space for insight.
    Jonathon Keats, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • His approximate $53 million in total guarantees ranks 12th, according to Spotrac.
    Nicki Jhabvala, New York Times, 2 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The examples and notes in question were and are erroneous and inconsistent with our policies, and have been removed.
    Joshua Rhett Miller, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Aug. 2025
  • About 60 of those were licensed using the erroneous measurement system, mostly in New York City, plus around another 40 that have licenses but are yet to open their doors.
    Preston Fore, Fortune, 14 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • The president has also made inaccurate statements about certain BLS records.
    Isabella Murray, ABC News, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The White House defended the president’s decision, suggesting the employment numbers and the downward revisions of the past two months were inaccurate.
    David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 3 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • One persistent issue is hallucinations, where the AI fabricates information that may seem plausible but is factually incorrect.
    Sameer Ather, Forbes.com, 13 Aug. 2025
  • The Directors Guild of America has advised its members that the WGA’s position is incorrect, and that they may be contractually obligated to perform such activities during a strike.
    Gene Maddaus, Variety, 12 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • In other words, National Geographic was both right — and wrong.
    Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 7 Aug. 2025
  • And if something goes really, really wrong, Miguel and I will head directly to the airport and take the next flight out.
    Jesse Hyde, Rolling Stone, 7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
  • Any single poll is no more than a snapshot in time, as estimates can be imprecise for numerous reasons.
    Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Attacking moves often come undone by imprecise passing at crucial moments, or a weak collective press when looking to sustain pressure in the final third.
    Carl Anka, New York Times, 30 July 2025

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“Inexact.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexact. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.

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