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as in just
as stated or indicated without the slightest difference
arrived precisely at noon
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as in strictly
without any relaxation of standards or precision
measured the length of the board precisely
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Recent Examples of precisely
Its scenes are finely composed and precisely staged yet fluidly energetic.
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
The problem is that with an orbital period of somewhere around 355 days, transits of HD 137010b don't come along very often, and without knowing the orbital period precisely, astronomers don't know when to look for the next transit.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
The operational detector will precisely image interactions using detailed 3D tracking, enabling measurement of neutrino oscillations, as well as differences between neutrinos and antineutrinos.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
The registers are controlled by a gate voltage from contacts placed atop the chip, and interactions between registers can be tuned by precisely controlling the distances between them.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2026
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Richard Brody, New Yorker, 4 Feb. 2026
The problem is that with an orbital period of somewhere around 355 days, transits of HD 137010b don't come along very often, and without knowing the orbital period precisely, astronomers don't know when to look for the next transit.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 4 Feb. 2026
The operational detector will precisely image interactions using detailed 3D tracking, enabling measurement of neutrino oscillations, as well as differences between neutrinos and antineutrinos.
—Chris Young, Interesting Engineering, 4 Feb. 2026
The registers are controlled by a gate voltage from contacts placed atop the chip, and interactions between registers can be tuned by precisely controlling the distances between them.
—IEEE Spectrum, 4 Feb. 2026
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In October, Mountbatten-Windsor was ordered to leave the sprawling 30-room Royal Lodge in the heart of the Crown’s Windsor Estate, just outside of London, after his brother King Charles III cast him out of the monarchy over the swirling Jeffrey Epstein scandal.—
Max Foster,
CNN Money,
4 Feb. 2026
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But to make matters worse, the Patriots, their AFC East rival who were with them with back-to-back four-win seasons, turned around quickly with Mike Vrabel at the helm and Drake Maye turning into an MVP candidate in just his second season.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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The chaos followed a memorial for Good and Pretti, which was hosted exactly one month from the date of Good's death at Powderhorn Park, roughly a 15-minute drive from the federal building.—
Alexandra Koch,
FOXNews.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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But the Patriots touched down first at San José Mineta International Airport on Sunday, almost exactly a week before kickoff.—
Cam Inman,
Mercury News,
7 Feb. 2026
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Schuster said the grant is strictly for environmental assessment, focused on industrial areas and downtown but available citywide, including for private property owners who request it, to determine whether sites are clean and eligible for development.—
Dallas Morning News,
Dallas Morning News,
3 Feb. 2026
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This case underscores the commitment of Georgia authorities to protect the integrity of the state's gaming industry and ensure that COAM regulations are strictly enforced.—
Zachary Bynum,
CBS News,
2 Feb. 2026
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Instead of medical responders, the NYPD arrived and shot our son multiple times right in front of us.—
Landon Mion,
FOXNews.com,
4 Feb. 2026
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Disney’s board then as a result was committed to getting this transition right this time, looking at other internal candidates and a few notable external names.—
Brian Welk,
IndieWire,
3 Feb. 2026
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And while there wont be any stars, the league carefully and deliberately included pop cultural references from the child’s room at the center of the video, including action figures of Spider Man, Black Panther, and Optimum Prime, not to mention some genuine NFL apparel, courtesy of Fanatics.—
Alex Weprin,
HollywoodReporter,
8 Feb. 2026
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Allow excess batter to drip back into bowl and carefully drop kale into hot oil.—
C.W. Cameron,
AJC.com,
8 Feb. 2026
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“Precisely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precisely. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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