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Recent Examples of on-target Enduring heat shield temperatures up to 3,500 degrees Fahrenheit, the spacecraft rapidly slowed down, deployed four big red-and-white parachutes and settled to an on-target 16-mph splashdown at 12:19 p.m. William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Apr. 2025 This metric helps to quantify the quality of on-target shots, taking into account factors such as shot distance and placement within the goal, to suggest how likely the average goalkeeper is to concede from each attempt on goal. Pol Ballús, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2025 The 1,100-pound Walleye cost around $160,000 in modern money, but the lock-on-target needed good lighting and contrast to work reliably. David Hambling, Forbes, 5 Mar. 2025 On this fifth test flight, SpaceX modified the ship's heat shield to better handle the hot temperatures of reentry, and the vehicle again made it to an on-target splashdown in the Indian Ocean. Ars Technica, 17 Jan. 2025 See All Example Sentences for on-target
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Adjective
  • But even if Trump’s characterization turns out to be accurate, the destruction of Iran’s nuclear facilities may not mean the end of the Iranian nuclear threat.
    Matthew Chance, CNN Money, 23 June 2025
  • Despite the vast expansion in the number of sensors, the insurance institute’s testing found, the male THOR dummy was less accurate than the current Hybrid dummies, which also had limitations.
    Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 23 June 2025
Adjective
  • Sign into your Spectrum account to find the correct mailing address for your area.
    Kara McGinley, USA Today, 24 June 2025
  • American Express relies on airlines to submit the correct information on airline transactions to identify incidental fee purchases.
    Ryley Amond, CNBC, 24 June 2025
Adjective
  • Natural Rugs Not all natural fibers belong in nature, and that is especially true of popular rug materials like jute and sisal.
    Nicole Letts, Southern Living, 20 June 2025
  • But while the South gets most of the spotlight, the true magic lies further away.
    Jim Dobson, Forbes.com, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • But such testing is often prohibitively expensive and, when dealing with historic specimens, not consistently precise.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 23 June 2025
  • Midair refueling is always a precise and skilled maneuver, but possibly even more so for B-2 pilots, Jamali said, as the refueling receptacle is located considerably behind the cockpit, limiting the pilots' visibility.
    Mandy Taheri, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 June 2025
Adjective
  • That looks like a pretty good bet to me, going forward.
    Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 24 June 2025
  • What Aggarwal does best is to blend traditional Indian craftsmanship with modern designs, and this collection was no different — with his modern reinterpretations of vintage Banarasi textiles.
    Footwear News, Footwear News, 24 June 2025

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“On-target.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/on-target. Accessed 1 Jul. 2025.

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