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 Universal: Unlike Disneyland, Universal Hollywood makes a feature of being smack-dab in the middle of North Hollywood. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 July 2024 First, there’s the challenge of getting to your small intestine, which is smack-dab in the middle of your GI tract. Erica Sloan, SELF, 24 Oct. 2024 Released smack-dab in the middle of the pandemic, the song sees Charli longing to wildly lose herself in a club, a feeling many of us could relate to at that time. Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2024 That’s smack-dab on top of the theoretical prediction, seeming to confirm the standard model of cosmology. Liz Kruesi, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2024 The 1080p webcam sits smack-dab in the middle of the top bezel. PCMAG, 25 July 2024 Now the Fieri-fave has opened a second eatery called The Food Republic smack-dab in the middle of Fort Lauderdale’s busy hub, where Sunrise Boulevard and U.S. Highway 1 meet. Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2024 But the newest tenant, Alara, is something altogether different: a downtown-caliber, fine-dining restaurant smack-dab in the middle of it all. Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2024 Right now, one of them is smack-dab center stage at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Rupert Goold’s production of The Hunt. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2024
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  • He’s remained a force right up to modern gems like Jay-Z’s 4:44, Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, and Vince Staples’ Summertime ’06.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 20 Mar. 2025
  • New York was on the West Coast for 12 days before coming home to play one game, on one day’s rest, and then heading right back out to face San Antonio.
    James L. Edwards III, The Athletic, 20 Mar. 2025
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  • This followed the appearance of a tornado near Tuscaloosa just an hour earlier in the day.
    Mark Davis, Newsweek, 16 Mar. 2025
  • Keep a daily running score or just play for a new score each day.
    Erik Kain, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
Adverb
  • The deal squarely targets travelers who feel disaffected and hurt by Southwest’s decision, which was likely spurred by pressure from activist investor Elliott Investment Management.
    Megan Poinski, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2025
  • And while the focus of the show remains squarely on the patients’ ailments and their needs, the writers do an excellent job of eking out just enough of the doctors’ and nurses’ personal histories to create a hum of drama in the background.
    Sam Reed, Glamour, 18 Mar. 2025

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“Smack-dab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smack-dab. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

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