Thesaurus results for SMACK-DAB

smack-dab

adverb

ˈsmak-ˈdab

Definition of smack-dab

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 The route traces nearly 18 miles of the Lakefront Trail—all of them scenic—with the fountain smack-dab in the middle. — 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. — 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. — Jim Nowlan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for smack-dab

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Well, right after that, something happened between us on set.

— Nick Vivarelli, Variety, 26 Aug. 2026
Other Giants pitchers on the IL include Matt Gage (left elbow strain), Trevor McDonald (right elbow strain), and Keaton Winn (right elbow neuritis).

— Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of right

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But his record of publicly interacting with Piker — including at a pool party just before the primary — remains a sore point among some Michigan Democrats.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Search and rescue efforts are only just beginning, and these first hours are filled with uncertainty, but also with hope.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of just

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But technical expertise is itself a notion that has come squarely within the crosshairs of the White House.

— Eli Cahan, Rolling Stone, 21 Aug. 2026
Two athletic touchdown grabs and a deep gain over the middle completed a performance that has put him squarely in the mix to make the 53-man roster with two preseason games to go.

— Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 21 Aug. 2026

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