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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smack-dab
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  • The Oscars is held at the Dolby Theatre on Hollywood Blvd., which is right along the marathon route.
    Paul Grein, Billboard, 4 May 2025
  • Greene’s first ninth-inning blast broke a 1-1 tie, as Kenley Jansen’s cutter was right down Broadway, and the Tigers’ star didn’t miss it.
    Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
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  • The singer had just gotten off the road from her Strip Love arena tour.
    Edward Segarra, USA Today, 15 May 2025
  • The Oilers got out in front early, scoring just 1:27 into the game off the stick of Adam Henrique, his second goal of the playoffs, which turned out to be all the Oilers would need.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 May 2025
Adverb
  • Fernanda’s gauzy face turned squarely toward Prima.
    Lillian Fishman, New Yorker, 4 May 2025
  • Of course, Amazon’s real-world scale now puts it squarely in the political crosshairs.
    Catherine Baab, Quartz, 29 Apr. 2025

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