as in accuracy
the quality or state of being very accurate
after its opening weekend, a movie's final box office gross can be estimated with considerable exactitude
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Recent Examples of exactitude
This itself is chic, and to this New Yorker spectacularly Parisian: the intensity, the exactitude, the jagged blades of ambition.
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
The focus and surgical exactitude that qualified him to guide a missile through the stars would from then on be applied to guiding an unwilling society to the idea that gay Americans were, in every way, deserving of equal rights and respect under the law.
—Evan Brechtel, NBC news, 22 May 2025
Boy Blue, from Britain, takes exactitude to another level, perfectly synchronizing with the music.
—Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
Which brings up a second paradox: Dudamel always seems most energized with scores full of rhythmic rattle and percussive excitement, pieces that demand pinpoint exactitude and a knack for assembling large, coherent structures out of jagged shards.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 27 July 2025
The focus and surgical exactitude that qualified him to guide a missile through the stars would from then on be applied to guiding an unwilling society to the idea that gay Americans were, in every way, deserving of equal rights and respect under the law.
—Evan Brechtel, NBC news, 22 May 2025
Boy Blue, from Britain, takes exactitude to another level, perfectly synchronizing with the music.
—Sheldon Pearce, The New Yorker, 21 Mar. 2025
Which brings up a second paradox: Dudamel always seems most energized with scores full of rhythmic rattle and percussive excitement, pieces that demand pinpoint exactitude and a knack for assembling large, coherent structures out of jagged shards.
—Justin Davidson, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exactitude
Noun
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An editor verified the accuracy of the information before publishing.—
Dave Smith,
Fortune,
27 Oct. 2025
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To answer those questions, TIME spoke with Oppenheim and Karbler about the movie’s technical accuracy, its depiction of government response in crisis, and the global temperature on nuclear war.—
Jake Kring-Schreifels,
Time,
27 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Amazed by their radial symmetry and jewel-like skeletons, Haeckel realized that the only way to do radiolarians justice was to draw them with as much precision as possible.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Where traditional shipbuilding relied on labor and scale, the new frontier rewards autonomy, precision, and adaptability — domains where American ingenuity excels.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
28 Oct. 2025
Noun
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Trust comes not from claiming perfection but from demonstrating integrity.—
Prof. Dr. med. Mazda Farshad,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Oct. 2025
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Mental health experts suggest that hands-on hobbies like knitting, puzzle-making, and baking foster mindfulness and reduce anxiety by activating our senses, grounding us in the moment, and shifting focus from perfection to process.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Southern Living,
21 Oct. 2025
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“Exactitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exactitude. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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