How to Use to be precise in a Sentence

to be precise

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  • That's almost 1% of the speed of light (0.87% to be precise).
    — Keith Cooper, Space.com, 16 Jan. 2025
  • There are many projects the kids can do — 300, to be precise.
    — Nikita Charuza, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
  • And that’s a lot of devices — half of all Android phones, to be precise.
    — Zak Doffman, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • There are a lot of different types of dates—around 400 to be precise.
    — Sina Petri, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2024
  • The inside of a small Cessna plane, to be precise, which is where most of the action of Flight Risk takes place.
    — Frank Scheck, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Jan. 2025
  • Well, to be precise, it is taught by the queen of crime, brought to life by actress Vivien Keene and AI, using the author’s own words.
    — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Tubbs though was written to be precise in his rakish style.
    — Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2024
  • Our tester found both inside and outside measurements to be precise, and the tape is very easy to read.
    — Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2023
  • Ethan also encounters a figure from his past—six movies in the past, to be precise.
    — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 15 July 2023
  • Actually, to be precise, more than one, and that’s where the issue arose.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
  • The eggs add richness while helping the custard thicken, and the measurements need to be precise.
    — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 13 July 2023
  • But the Moms House is just a house; a two-story, four-bedroom duplex in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood to be precise.
    — Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 26 July 2023
  • Just keep in mind that these measurements need to be precise, else the cover may not fit properly.
    — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
  • The iPhone 17 Pro and Pro Max will see a significant upgrade to two of the cameras: the telephoto and front-facing cameras, to be precise.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 19 Oct. 2024
  • BepiColombo just imaged Mercury in a whole new light — mid-infrared light, to be precise.
    — Kiona N. Smith, Space.com, 19 Dec. 2024
  • The trail section — 2.14 miles long, to be precise — formally opens with a ribbon-cutting on Wednesday.
    — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2024
  • When parents got their school cafeteria’s menu for February, something was missing: A third of the menu to be precise.
    — Rachel Sabella, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2024
  • The coronation procession in Scotland began with a pony — a Shetland pony to be precise, named Cpl.
    — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
  • Remember, tariff is another word for tax–a sales tax, to be precise.
    — Steve Forbes, Forbes, 14 Jan. 2025
  • Engineers pore over the initial design plans, and then go on board to make hundreds of measurements; clearly, it's got to be precise.
    — New Atlas, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Everybody that night was doing a lot of drugs and nobody’s memory is going to be precise.
    — Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Mar. 2025
  • Six pages of ideas, to be precise, leaning heavily on transportation projects and one-time funding that looked promising just eight months ago.
    — The Arizona Republic, 15 Jan. 2024
  • In fact, just a small quantity of it – less than 1.6% to be precise – helped alter the density of the depot, which in turn controlled the rate at which the drug molecules were released into the body.
    — New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2025
  • Yet the story of this election, really, is how close Germany came to a different outcome – within 0.03% of the final vote, to be precise.
    — Mark Sappenfield, The Christian Science Monitor, 24 Feb. 2025
  • This news has been hotly anticipated and long-awaited: two years, to be precise.
    — Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 23 May 2024
  • The brand takes great care in ensuring that each packet contains only trace amounts of carbohydrates per serving—less than one gram, to be precise.
    — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
  • Pink is everywhere — Benjamin Moore’s 052 Conch Shell, to be precise, chosen after looking at lots of hues and finding that shade subtle and soothing.
    — Wendy Goodman, Curbed, 18 June 2024
  • In fact, a recent study by Nuffield Health found that the average adult is getting under six hours (5.91, to be precise) per night on average—a figure that's worsening each year.
    — Tanyel Mustafa, Glamour, 16 Feb. 2024
  • This is just the latest ankle injury — right ankle soreness, to be precise — to impact Ball in his special but injury riddled four-year career.
    — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2024
  • To wrap up this incredible journey, there's another stretch of sea days — six days, to be precise — on the way back to Seattle, which grants you time for plenty of rest and relaxation after a busy stretch in Hawaii.
    — Stefanie Waldek, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2025

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