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Recent Examples of inexactitude
So much of the film turns on such evocative inexactitude, on our ability to wonder (and wander) about the image.
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Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2021
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
For people like Davis, there is clearly a freedom that comes with this inexactitude.
—Katy Steinmetz, Time, 3 Apr. 2018
Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2021
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
For people like Davis, there is clearly a freedom that comes with this inexactitude.
—Katy Steinmetz, Time, 3 Apr. 2018
Recent Examples of Synonyms for inexactitude
Noun
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Translations may contain inaccuracies—please refer to the original content.—
Jeff Young,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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This article has been updated because an earlier version included an inaccuracy.—
Keenan Thompson,
Freep.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Any claim for Swift’s genius should reckon with her lapses into imprecision and pompousness.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
4 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But even with this approximation, classical computer simulations hit a wall.—
Shalma Wegsman,
Quanta Magazine,
5 Sep. 2025
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Awareness is always a beat too late — our minds stitching together a rough approximation of what exactly happened.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
20 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The referee threw a flag on the play, calling a 15-yard unnecessary roughness penalty on Tart.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
9 Sep. 2025
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Speaking to the media Monday ahead of the Chiefs’ game against the Philadelphia Eagles, Reid was asked about the NFL rule that called for an unnecessary roughness penalty as opposed to an automatic suspension.—
Paulina Dedaj,
FOXNews.com,
9 Sep. 2025
Noun
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An alkaline compound, baking soda is a non-toxic cleaner with a coarseness that works wonders for scrubbing grime, removing difficult stains, and deodorizing stinky odors.—
Lauren David,
Southern Living,
9 Sep. 2025
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The coarseness of your grounds is determined by the width of the space between the two grinding burrs.—
BestReviews,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Aug. 2025
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“Inexactitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/inexactitude. Accessed 19 Sep. 2025.
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