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• Forty-nine days, to be exact, and 34 games of the Rangers’ season in total.
  — Shawn McFarland, Dallas News, 6 Sep. 2023
• It's been a while (2 years to be exact), but The Wheel of Time is finally back.
  — Milan Polk, Men's Health, 1 Sep. 2023
• Then, May’s images showed a crater — the Nightingale Crater, to be exact.
  — María Luisa Paúl, Washington Post, 3 Oct. 2023
• The statue is ninety-eight feet tall, to be exact, and its arms stretch 92 feet wide.
  — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 10 June 2023
• Father’s Day is right around the corner — June 18, to be exact.
  — Esther Carlstone, Peoplemag, 12 June 2023
• Not expected to be exact, but more of an overall theme for the day.
  — Amanda Kaufman, BostonGlobe.com, 18 Aug. 2023
• There are eight breweries to be exact, all waiting to quench your thirst with a cold craft beer.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 10 May 2024
• Delta Air Lines has its Comfort+ section with extra legroom, a 34-inch seat pitch to be exact.
  — Ryan Erik King / Jalopnik, Quartz, 7 Feb. 2024
• The network says more than half of the CBS audience — 52 percent, to be exact — is new to the series.
  — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Oct. 2023
• Curve models were included in the show—three to be exact.
  — Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 8 Dec. 2023
• What’s more, Amazon Prime members can score the sneakers for even less right now ($23, to be exact).
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 4 Aug. 2023
• Eminem fans have been waiting quite some time to get a new album from the rapper — four years to be exact.
  — Hannah Dailey, Billboard, 12 July 2024
• Ulta’s wide store distribution — 50 states to be exact — was a key draw for the pair.
  — Noor Lobad, WWD, 16 July 2024
• The sushi tacos, seven to be exact, have a dedicated section on the menu.
  — Brianna Taylor, Sacramento Bee, 5 May 2024
• The scene is from when Pryor’s Wiz is exposed as a fake, a phony…a former politician to be exact.
  — Raisa Habersham, Miami Herald, 2 May 2024
• Ghosts are everywhere, 999 of them, to be exact, not counting the film’s big bad villain, the Hatbox ghost (Jared Leto).
  — Odie Henderson, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
• Yet, new data from the St. Louis Fed finds that there’s still a lot more retirees than the Fed predicted: about 2 million, to be exact.
  — Bychloe Berger, Fortune, 11 Nov. 2023
• Invest in the suit vest—Remain Birger Christen’s, to be exact.
  — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 29 June 2023
• Expand All Providence Road Sundries has been around a long time — 89 years to be exact.
  — Philip Freeman, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2024
• The rosy, red sipper requires little to no forethought or time—just 10 minutes to be exact.
  — Karen Schroeder-Rankin, Southern Living, 2 July 2023
• The site kicked off the massive savings event earlier than ever this year; one week ahead of schedule, to be exact.
  — Clara McMahon, Peoplemag, 18 Nov. 2023
• To help achieve that, the brand rooted the gel-cream most of the formula — 89% to be exact — in skin care (it's powered by glycerin and squalane to moisturize and nourish).
  — Jackie Fields, Peoplemag, 22 Aug. 2023
• Swiss supporters didn’t have to wait long after the break for a second goal – only 27 seconds to be exact.
  — Sam Joseph, CNN, 29 June 2024
• Coming in a ton of patterns and shades (34, to be exact), this swimsuit has removable pads, and could even be worn as a cute top for going out, IMO.
  — Women's Health, 10 May 2023
• Not as high as the final months at the lower, last-minute price point — 30 percent lower to be exact — but still comfortably on the positive side of the ledger.
  — Tony Maglio, IndieWire, 14 June 2024
• Bird's appearance at that practice a couple weeks ago, May 12 to be exact, didn't raise too many eyebrows.
  — The Indianapolis Star, 1 June 2023
• And at under a foot wide (11 inches, to be exact), the slim vacuum clears most chair legs and won’t need to be rescued like some other models.
  — Dorian Smith-Garcia, Parents, 12 Feb. 2024
• The sheets come in a color for every bedroom, including crisp white, lavender, and eggplant (there’s 35, to be exact).
  — Dhara Patel, Peoplemag, 27 Nov. 2023
• Gotcha Burger With $8.02 (to be exact) in my pocket, I was headed towards the final stop of my dining frenzy.
  — oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2023
• Monét would also love to put out more visuals for her music—a visual album, to be exact.
  — Essence, 26 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 27 Aug 2024