How to Use accuracy in a Sentence

accuracy

noun

• He could not say with any accuracy what he had seen.
• The police questioned the accuracy of his statement.
• Several managers have tried to increase the speed and accuracy of the workers.
• Each experiment is performed twice to ensure accuracy.
• The accuracy is uncanny, from the delivery to the beauty details — the makeup, the hair, and even the nails.
  — Marci Robin, Allure, 31 Oct. 2023
• But that’s where all the pleasure lies: on a construction like that and the care of it and the accuracy of it and the delicacy of it and the power of it.
  — David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
• Rogers has the leg to extend that accuracy beyond 50 yards.
  — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2023
• The algorithm had a 93% success rate if the audio of the typing was recorded over Zoom and a 91% accuracy rate with Skype.
  — Christopher Hutton, Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2023
• It's got enough power for most tasks and projects, plenty of ports, and a bright touchscreen with great color accuracy.
  — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2023
• This process is less effective, and accuracies have begun to creep in.
  — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
• The audio appears to confirm the accuracy of those reports.
  — Graham Kates, CBS News, 26 June 2023
• The bizarre tradition that dates back to 1887 also draws passionate crowds in the US — even though Phil’s accuracy rate is far from perfect.
  — Alexandra Banner, CNN, 2 Feb. 2024
• The coarse-grind all-pork sausage is eyeballed for accuracy and hand-cranked and stuffed into natural casings that snap with each bite.
  — Jill Wendholt Silva, Kansas City Star, 30 Jan. 2024
• These were photos picked by Google, of course, but Magic Editor filled them in with great accuracy.
  — WIRED, 4 Oct. 2023
• But by July, after just a few months, this same test yielded only a 2% accuracy rate.
  — François Candelon, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2023
• That creates a document trail that may be checked for accuracy.
  — Joedy McCreary, USA TODAY, 4 Mar. 2024
• These tools shouldn’t be relied on when accuracy is required.
  — Joella Carman, NBC News, 17 May 2023
• This is enough to achieve state-of-the-art accuracy on many neural networks while dispensing with the high precision required for training, the researchers say.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 23 Oct. 2023
• Such improvements allow astronomers to plot the paths of stars with greater accuracy and out to much farther distances than before.
  — Adam Mann, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2023
• The show reproduces, with loving accuracy, our small-talk, our polite jokes — the way groups use humor to defuse social tensions.
  — Sam Anderson, New York Times, 3 June 2023
• The extra attention adds to the mystique of the paper and underscores a commitment to accuracy.
  — David W. Dunlap, New York Times, 11 Dec. 2023
• These new systems could be harnessed to edit human cells with even more accuracy.
  — Emily Mullin, WIRED, 19 Dec. 2023
• Rite Aid allegedly didn’t even test its accuracy before rolling it out.
  — David Meyer, Fortune, 20 Dec. 2023
• Most years, the calendar is rounded off and every fourth year, an extra day is added in February for accuracy.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• Spence, barely lucid a little after 10 p.m., said Crawford’s speed didn’t faze him, and that his accuracy didn’t surprise him.
  — Tyler R. Tynes, Los Angeles Times, 30 July 2023
• As for his accuracy in weather-predicting – Phil’s hit or miss.
  — Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 2 Feb. 2024
• Ashford may be the best athlete of the three, but during his time starting for Auburn last season showed unreliable accuracy.
  — Matt Cohen | [e-mail], al, 17 Aug. 2023
• One study found that tennis players who got more sleep showed better accuracy and faster reaction times.
  — Joanna Fong-Isariyawongse, The Conversation, 31 Jan. 2024
• This can decrease the accuracy of polling averages, which rely on seeing a diverse portrait of public opinion to find the right signal in the data.
  — G. Elliott Morris, ABC News, 26 Sep. 2023
• The blade sits at a diagonal angle, which is better for accuracy.
  — Andrea Wurzburger, Better Homes & Gardens, 15 June 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024