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
Likewise, reading old C code feels like engaging in the hermeneutics of ancient script, while Coq demands the exactitude of proving mathematical theorems.
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Sheon Han, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
There were notable practitioners in the generation before him (Patrick Leigh Fermor, Jan Morris, Norman Lewis, and Ryszard Kapuściński spring to mind), but Raban’s brilliantly digressive, sometimes confessional style—with its descriptive exactitude and sardonic undertow—signaled new possibilities.
—Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 19 Jan. 2023
The Troisgros kitchen combines the experimental exactitude of a laboratory with the creative spirit of an artist’s studio and the tensely expectant energy of the wings of a theatre, and Wiseman is alive to it all.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
The rigor and exactitude of academic research wasn’t fun.
—Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2023
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Sheon Han, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024
There were notable practitioners in the generation before him (Patrick Leigh Fermor, Jan Morris, Norman Lewis, and Ryszard Kapuściński spring to mind), but Raban’s brilliantly digressive, sometimes confessional style—with its descriptive exactitude and sardonic undertow—signaled new possibilities.
—Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 19 Jan. 2023
The Troisgros kitchen combines the experimental exactitude of a laboratory with the creative spirit of an artist’s studio and the tensely expectant energy of the wings of a theatre, and Wiseman is alive to it all.
—Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023
The rigor and exactitude of academic research wasn’t fun.
—Jacob Bacharach, The New Republic, 12 Oct. 2023
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exactitude
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Indeed, a scholar at West Point, assessing the Israeli programs, observed that more information could make for greater accuracy.Yasmeen Serhan, TIME, 18 Dec. 2024
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Today’s difficulty The difficulty score is an average rating from our testers, who play the game in advance to check for quality and accuracy.Mark Cooper, The Athletic, 18 Dec. 2024
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Every single detail was scrutinized and designed with precision.William Arruda, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Such was the case Monday night as the lightning-quick Riley tried to ignite his team’s high-octane offense with creative drives to the basket, pull-up jumpers and precision passes.Rick Armstrong, Chicago Tribune, 10 Dec. 2024
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If anything, letting go of this ideal of perfection is key.Harmeet Kaur, CNN, 13 Dec. 2024
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The cake layers are absolute perfection, and the icing is delicious.Alana Al-Hatlani, Southern Living, 12 Dec. 2024
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“Exactitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exactitude. Accessed 21 Dec. 2024.
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