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as in accurate
being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard
for an inside mount for window blinds, your measurements had better be spot-on
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as in precise
meeting the highest standard of accuracy
a spot-on prediction of the movie's gross on its opening weekend
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Recent Examples of spot-on
And we were spot-on about some big international news, like Claudia Sheinbaum making history as Mexico’s first woman president and Modi keeping his grip on power in India.
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Bryan Walsh, Vox, 30 Dec. 2024
The bag touts tasting notes of strawberry, raspberry, and dark chocolate, which are spot-on.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appétit, 1 Jan. 2025
From here, that’s a spot-on projection: San Diego State and Utah State are the only teams worthy of at-large berths at the moment.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024
And while she’s only just been introduced, Christina Milian feels like a pretty spot-on recasting for a younger Maria LaGuerta, an up-and-coming police detective who wants to shake things up at Miami Metro, much to the chagrin of her boss, Captain Spencer (a mustached Patrick Dempsey).
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Bryan Walsh, Vox, 30 Dec. 2024
The bag touts tasting notes of strawberry, raspberry, and dark chocolate, which are spot-on.
—Alaina Chou, Bon Appétit, 1 Jan. 2025
From here, that’s a spot-on projection: San Diego State and Utah State are the only teams worthy of at-large berths at the moment.
—Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 23 Dec. 2024
And while she’s only just been introduced, Christina Milian feels like a pretty spot-on recasting for a younger Maria LaGuerta, an up-and-coming police detective who wants to shake things up at Miami Metro, much to the chagrin of her boss, Captain Spencer (a mustached Patrick Dempsey).
—Erik Kain, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spot-on
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Still, Republicans have said that even if that call was accurate, the C.I.A. failed in understanding other key events: how quickly the Afghan government could collapse, how Bashar al-Assad would flee Syria and how Hamas was preparing to attack Israel.—
Julian E. Barnes,
New York Times,
18 Jan. 2025
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While some might have considered the project too niche, Kyle’s intuition about the product’s appeal seems to have been accurate, with even the X Games getting a taste of the product earlier this year.—
Alexander Puutio,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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Sometimes, help is needed to find the precise location to avoid excess digging in the roadway, and to minimize the inconvenience to the residents in the area.—
Steve Sadin,
Chicago Tribune,
17 Jan. 2025
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The precise cash amount of this week’s arrangement has not been made public.—
Martin Rogers,
The Athletic,
17 Jan. 2025
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If the bookmakers are correct, Makhachev will end 2025 with the UFC title in his hands.—
Trent Reinsmith,
Forbes,
18 Jan. 2025
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His administration's efforts to characterize inflation as 'temporary' or 'transitory' in 2021 may have been technically correct, in the sense that the rate of inflation has come down from its heights following the pandemic.—
Yaakov Katz,
Newsweek,
17 Jan. 2025
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These mathematical solutions are designed to be used to replace today’s public-key encryption.—
John Prisco,
Forbes,
17 Jan. 2025
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Near her face is d/dx, the mathematical symbol for taking a derivative.—
Cal Newport,
The New Yorker,
15 Jan. 2025
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This is especially true with the sun in Capricorn energizing your fourth house of home, family and innermost feelings.—
Valerie Mesa,
People.com,
15 Jan. 2025
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If this point of view is true of my colleagues, the fault lies with medical training, not with the individual doctor.—
Alessandra Hirsch,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Jan. 2025
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The hotel whose setting and décor is the next best thing to visiting Austria is also full of the real family’s history.—
Ulrike Lemmin-Woolfrey, contributor,
CNBC,
20 Jan. 2025
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Boyd may have tried to explain the situation, but pushing a coach, or anyone for that matter, is never a good look.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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