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as in just
as stated or indicated without the slightest difference
arrived precisely at noon
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as in strictly
without any relaxation of standards or precision
measured the length of the board precisely
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Recent Examples of precisely
This type of retaliatory litigation is precisely what California’s anti-SLAPP laws were enacted to prevent.
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 29 May 2025
Temporary outrage followed by quiet acceptance sends precisely the wrong signal: that international norms are flexible, atrocities forgivable, and accountability negotiable.
—Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
And to my nose, that’s precisely what The Colognes do.
—Michael Stefanov, Robb Report, 27 May 2025
His unit was almost deployed to Afghanistan in 2001, then in 2005 it was deployed to Iraq: more precisely, to Falluja, then one of the deadliest zones of the conflict.
—Dina Litovsky, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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Madison Bloom, Pitchfork, 29 May 2025
Temporary outrage followed by quiet acceptance sends precisely the wrong signal: that international norms are flexible, atrocities forgivable, and accountability negotiable.
—Zoltan Istvan, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 May 2025
And to my nose, that’s precisely what The Colognes do.
—Michael Stefanov, Robb Report, 27 May 2025
His unit was almost deployed to Afghanistan in 2001, then in 2005 it was deployed to Iraq: more precisely, to Falluja, then one of the deadliest zones of the conflict.
—Dina Litovsky, New York Times, 19 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precisely
Adverb
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Every department, every person in the show, every actor is just bringing it to the very last take to the very last minute.—
EW.com,
EW.com,
27 May 2025
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The first memorial day wasn't called Memorial Day Decoration Day, May 30, 1868, was held at Arlington National Cemetery, which was just one of 74 national cemeteries established after the Civil War.—
Phaedra Trethan,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
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By then, Akasha had a sense of exactly who had come knocking.—
Andy Greenberg,
Wired News,
22 May 2025
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Auditors examined only 35 of the 139 no-bid contracts over a year and a half but noted that ongoing issues with SANDAG’s record-keeping software prevented them from verifying exactly how many no-bid contracts the agency has.—
Lucas Robinson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
22 May 2025
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Because to us, the most funny things are right next to the most tragic things.—
Lorraine Ali,
Los Angeles Times,
31 May 2025
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Both Makar and Hughes signed six-year deals out of entry-level a couple of months apart in 2021 that walked them right to unrestricted free agency, with Makar’s contract buying one UFA year and Hughes’ none.—
Arpon Basu,
New York Times,
31 May 2025
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“Precisely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precisely. Accessed 3 Jun. 2025.
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