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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
In the lab, scientists can precisely target vagus nerve fibers to control heart rate or inflammation.
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Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2025
That’s very close quarters for storms of this size and is precisely when Fujiwhara comes into play.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
And while the words may sting, our forefathers would surely agree that the First Amendment exists precisely to protect even the harshest political speech.
—Letters To The Editor, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
The chances that Roddy could score a babe like that without paying are precisely 0 percent.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
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Clarissa Brincat, Popular Science, 25 Sep. 2025
That’s very close quarters for storms of this size and is precisely when Fujiwhara comes into play.
—Mary Gilbert, CNN Money, 25 Sep. 2025
And while the words may sting, our forefathers would surely agree that the First Amendment exists precisely to protect even the harshest political speech.
—Letters To The Editor, Oc Register, 25 Sep. 2025
The chances that Roddy could score a babe like that without paying are precisely 0 percent.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 24 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precisely
Adverb
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One point is needed to open each door between rooms, and some rooms have multi-point penalties just for entering.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
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Check out our favorite Nordstrom sale picks below, with accessories starting at just $8.—
Caley Sturgill,
Southern Living,
26 Sep. 2025
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In other words, the top search results aren't always safe, and that's exactly how scammers trick people.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
29 Sep. 2025
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In 1921 Japanese meteorologist Sakuhei Fujiwhara theorized that two vortices spinning through fluid (which is exactly what tropical cyclones are) could come close enough to each other to begin orbiting a common central point.—
Andrea Thompson,
Scientific American,
29 Sep. 2025
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Shehadeh said the city should consider alternative colors, such as America’s red, white and blue, instead of just white and blue, which may cause people to associate it strictly with Israel.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
26 Sep. 2025
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These low-mass satellites are very cost-effective and can be launched in small swarms, but are strictly designed as a single-use technology.—
Matthew S Williams,
Interesting Engineering,
26 Sep. 2025
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Of course Tamra threw Gina right under that particular bus.—
Brian Moylan,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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The cornea is a perfect alternating stack of tiny fibers that is so regular that light goes right through it, and the cells of the lens have lost nearly all their internal structures (organelles), leaving only a soup of almost identical proteins that don’t interfere much with the passage of light.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
25 Sep. 2025
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On a traditional optical table, every component is carefully aligned and stabilized.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
27 Sep. 2025
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The case, which initially appeared to be the tragic end to a stalking situation, revealed how Daniel thoroughly created a false narrative using burner phones and carefully planned digital deception, all while playing the role of a concerned husband.—
Doc Louallen,
ABC News,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Precisely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precisely. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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