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
There’s no way to say, with any degree of exactitude, how many times a scene like that has played out during Ovechkin’s career.
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Sean Gentille, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Bigelow pulls the film together with the exactitude of a fighter pilot.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
But Hynes details life’s vicissitudes with poetic exactitude.
—Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
The serenity and quiet exactitude of those outings correspond perfectly with main sport.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
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Sean Gentille, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Bigelow pulls the film together with the exactitude of a fighter pilot.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
But Hynes details life’s vicissitudes with poetic exactitude.
—Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
The serenity and quiet exactitude of those outings correspond perfectly with main sport.
—Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exactitude
Noun
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Quijano's team was able to track the orbits of the 15 binary systems to millisecond accuracy.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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In a separate homeowner lawsuit in Oklahoma state court, State Farm's lawyers said the company launched an initiative in 2020 to improve the accuracy of its claims-handling practices, including correcting overpayment and underpayment of claims for wind and hail damage.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2026
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More than anything, Bernard’s significant production at the college level should better position him to make an impact with a QB like Rodgers, who expects precision and professionalism.—
Mike DeFabo,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Sets from upstarts like Creepy Nuts, Pawsa, Geese and Slayyyter, along with emphatic crowds at rock heavyweights like Jack White, Turnstile and even Sombr, traded seamlessness and precision for immediacy and friction — louder, looser, more physical in ways that were best felt than watched.—
Andrea Domanick,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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In a moment when AI and digital technology allows for on-demand perfection, there’s a creeping thrill to the possibility of flaws and dissonance.—
Andrea Domanick,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Apr. 2026
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These days this pursuit of perfection takes the form of an arms race toward maximum hyperreal clarity, a mode of vision beyond the capabilities of the naked eye.—
Dennis Lim,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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“Exactitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exactitude. Accessed 2 May. 2026.
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