as in right
as stated or indicated without the slightest difference
made reservations at a restaurant that's smack-dab in the center of town
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Recent Examples of smack-dab
An African nation bounded by the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to its north has prospered a kinship in a town located in a state literally smack-dab in the middle of America — a town whose new college football stadium is accented by light towers made to represent wheat.
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Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
The route traces nearly 18 miles of the Lakefront Trail—all of them scenic—with the fountain smack-dab in the middle.
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Midwest Living,
12 June 2026
Two plays later, in that same game, safeties Hufanga and Brandon Jones ran smack-dab into each other and dropped another easy would-be interception from New York quarterback Jaxson Dart.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
The president is set to give an address updating Americans on the Iran war on the evening of April 1, right smack-dab in the middle of primetime TV.
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Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
And Illinois is smack-dab in the middle of the largest market in the world.
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Jim Nowlan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
Katharine's first professional home was the third floor of Building 5, a seven-story brick edifice lined with wide windows smack-dab in the middle of the GE factory.
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Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
Li grew up in Millbrae, smack-dab in the middle of the San Francisco Bay area.
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Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2026
The deer had done a can-opener off the top of the 16-foot embankment and landed smack-dab on top of my windshield, destroying it.
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Cheyne Matzenbacher,
Outdoor Life,
3 Dec. 2025
Sam McDowell,
Kansas City Star,
19 June 2026
The route traces nearly 18 miles of the Lakefront Trail—all of them scenic—with the fountain smack-dab in the middle.
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Midwest Living,
12 June 2026
Two plays later, in that same game, safeties Hufanga and Brandon Jones ran smack-dab into each other and dropped another easy would-be interception from New York quarterback Jaxson Dart.
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Luca Evans,
Denver Post,
9 June 2026
The president is set to give an address updating Americans on the Iran war on the evening of April 1, right smack-dab in the middle of primetime TV.
—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
1 Apr. 2026
And Illinois is smack-dab in the middle of the largest market in the world.
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Jim Nowlan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 Feb. 2026
Katharine's first professional home was the third floor of Building 5, a seven-story brick edifice lined with wide windows smack-dab in the middle of the GE factory.
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Natalia Sánchez Loayza,
Scientific American,
5 Feb. 2026
Li grew up in Millbrae, smack-dab in the middle of the San Francisco Bay area.
—
Alex Zietlow,
Charlotte Observer,
9 Jan. 2026
The deer had done a can-opener off the top of the 16-foot embankment and landed smack-dab on top of my windshield, destroying it.
—
Cheyne Matzenbacher,
Outdoor Life,
3 Dec. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smack-dab
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Drug use has become more visible and has moved right outside the child care center's front door, Reyes said.
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Panama had a golden opportunity in the first 10 minutes after being awarded a free kick right outside Croatia's box.
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Like Eastern, the airline promised passengers that if a flight was full, the shuttle would roll out a second plane – even for just one passenger.
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As the four-day event continues today, Wednesday, June 24 through Friday, June 26, there’s no better time to snag the latest deals that just launched on site.
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With the success of Kpop Demon Hunters, Netflix is bringing feature animation squarely under the domain of Hannah Minghella.
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In a statement, the university took aim squarely at the issue of the dead fish in the Fenton River in 2005.
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“Smack-dab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smack-dab. Accessed 27 Jun. 2026.
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