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• There are many projects the kids can do — 300, to be precise.
  — Nikita Charuza, Peoplemag, 17 Nov. 2023
• There are a lot of different types of dates—around 400 to be precise.
  — Sina Petri, Vogue, 9 Apr. 2024
• Tubbs though was written to be precise in his rakish style.
  — Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 3 Aug. 2024
• Our tester found both inside and outside measurements to be precise, and the tape is very easy to read.
  — Molly Blanco, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 June 2023
• Ethan also encounters a figure from his past—six movies in the past, to be precise.
  — Evan Romano, Men's Health, 15 July 2023
• The eggs add richness while helping the custard thicken, and the measurements need to be precise.
  — Robin Miller, The Arizona Republic, 13 July 2023
• But the Moms House is just a house; a two-story, four-bedroom duplex in the Clark-Fulton neighborhood to be precise.
  — Gretchen Cuda Kroen, cleveland, 26 July 2023
• Just keep in mind that these measurements need to be precise, else the cover may not fit properly.
  — Camryn Rabideau, Peoplemag, 14 Aug. 2023
• The trail section — 2.14 miles long, to be precise — formally opens with a ribbon-cutting on Wednesday.
  — Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 20 Apr. 2024
• When parents got their school cafeteria’s menu for February, something was missing: A third of the menu to be precise.
  — Rachel Sabella, New York Daily News, 8 Mar. 2024
• The coronation procession in Scotland began with a pony — a Shetland pony to be precise, named Cpl.
  — Karla Adam, Washington Post, 5 July 2023
• Six pages of ideas, to be precise, leaning heavily on transportation projects and one-time funding that looked promising just eight months ago.
  — The Arizona Republic, 15 Jan. 2024
• This news has been hotly anticipated and long-awaited: two years, to be precise.
  — Meredith G. White, The Arizona Republic, 23 May 2024
• The brand takes great care in ensuring that each packet contains only trace amounts of carbohydrates per serving—less than one gram, to be precise.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 31 Aug. 2023
• In fact, a recent study by Nuffield Health found that the average adult is getting under six hours (5.91, to be precise) per night on average—a figure that's worsening each year.
  — Tanyel Mustafa, Glamour, 16 Feb. 2024
• This is just the latest ankle injury — right ankle soreness, to be precise — to impact Ball in his special but injury riddled four-year career.
  — Alex Zietlow, Charlotte Observer, 5 Feb. 2024
• As a result, the mice lived slightly longer, 4.4 percent more to be precise, shining a light on how helpful these specific genes might be in determining aging.
  — Sofia Quaglia, Discover Magazine, 20 Oct. 2023
• Today, over eight decades later, that signature hot glazed doughnut is still made with the same recipe that Shipley perfected and sold in stores across the South and beyond—more than 350 locations across twelve states, to be precise.
  — Abigail Wilt, Southern Living, 18 Sep. 2024
• Meanwhile, French Polynesia (Tahiti to be precise), is where the surfing competitions will take place.
  — Katie Jackson, Travel + Leisure, 27 June 2024
• The challenge of the show’s second season, then, was to figure out a way to dive deeper, to be precise more often than not, and to do so without sacrificing anything that made the first season such a tremendous success.
  — Phillip MacIak, The New Republic, 30 June 2023
• Yet that’s precisely what city officials say happened last week when a river otter somehow made its way into Lake Eola and slaughtered two of the city’s iconic swans — Australian black swans, to be precise.
  — Scott Maxwell, Orlando Sentinel, 24 July 2024
• Substitute Mikel Oyarzabal’s 86th-minute winner unfolded even faster — over six passes and 13 seconds, to be precise.
  — Thomas Floyd, Washington Post, 15 July 2024
• One summer evening, in the mid-19th century, Henry David Thoreau threw a party—a melon party, to be precise, a long-standing tradition of his earthy, garden-loving family.
  — Hillary Kelly, The Atlantic, 14 Feb. 2024
• Not surprisingly, Allen seemed to be in the lead after the first few practices, but Dobbs has gradually come around in terms of accuracy, efficiency and learning to be precise with footwork that ties into the timing and rhythm of the passing game.
  — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 31 July 2024
• The blend also contains probiotics (7.2 billion CFUs in a single scoop, to be precise) and a smorgasbord of vitamins, adaptogens, digestive enzymes and magnesium to keep you well and energised.
  — Tracy Achonwa, Vogue, 13 June 2024
• Despite the decades of bad press and costly litigation that ensued, pyramid schemes—or, to be precise, the ostensibly law-abiding companies that happen to be dead ringers for pyramid schemes—appear to be an immovable pillar of the American economy.
  — Jessica Winter, The New Yorker, 20 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 19 Dec 2024