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Recent Examples of precision When the drone flies near an object and a whisker grazes or bends against a surface, the pressure changes at the base are measured in under two milliseconds, enabling the drone to calculate contact location and depth with millimeter precision. — New Atlas, 14 Oct. 2026 Razer Gaming Keyboard Deal Prepare to hit lightning-fast combos with unbeatable precision using the Razer Huntsman Mini Gaming Keyboard. — Juhi Wadia, PC Magazine, 14 Oct. 2026 Those are the only models that include its new N1 networking chip with support for Bluetooth channel sounding, which enables AirTag-like precision tracking, but without requiring a UWB chip. — Stevie Bonifield, The Verge, 14 Oct. 2026 The image is then precision-fabricated into a 3D model that’s finished by hand — all for $2,200, about the national average of an actual wedding gown. — Ari Stark, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for precision
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Noun
  • Lighting, scene details and period accuracy remain part of that refinement, followed by compositing, upscaling, bit-depth checks and technical review.
    — Lin Ying-Hsuan, Variety, 10 Oct. 2026
  • The system still needs improvements in the accuracy of the device, photon-generation efficiency, and detector performance.
    — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 10 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • The present ideal isn’t perfection, but a kind of rule-breaking individualism, preferably with an IYKYK spin.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 14 Oct. 2026
  • Afsaneh Salari’s Tehran, Under the Skin enters Tehran’s cosmetic clinics to explore the pressures behind Iran’s widespread culture of cosmetic surgery in pursuit of physical perfection, in a conservative society that seeks to control women’s beauty.
    — Matthew Carey, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

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“Precision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precision. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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