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as in just
as stated or indicated without the slightest difference
arrived precisely at noon
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as in strictly
without any relaxation of standards or precision
measured the length of the board precisely
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Recent Examples of precisely
After all, precisely one lunar year earlier (12 orbits of Earth by the moon), this region had enjoyed over three minutes of totality during an exquisitely clear total solar eclipse!
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Every layer of abstraction, including natural language, requires the same thing: That programmers define the problem and parameters very precisely.
—Larry English, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The phrases might sound askew at first, and don’t always track precisely.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
Smart Obstacle Detection for a Safer Lawn: Genie’s AI vision model, trained on 100,000+ real-world obstacles, precisely recognizes 1,000+ objects, including small animals like hedgehogs, ensuring their safety.
—Chris Gallagher, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
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Jamie Carter, Space.com, 31 Mar. 2025
Every layer of abstraction, including natural language, requires the same thing: That programmers define the problem and parameters very precisely.
—Larry English, Forbes.com, 31 Mar. 2025
The phrases might sound askew at first, and don’t always track precisely.
—Mark Leibovich, The Atlantic, 31 Mar. 2025
Smart Obstacle Detection for a Safer Lawn: Genie’s AI vision model, trained on 100,000+ real-world obstacles, precisely recognizes 1,000+ objects, including small animals like hedgehogs, ensuring their safety.
—Chris Gallagher, USA Today, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for precisely
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However, Miller has fairly long arms for his height, and the reach advantage is just three inches.—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
9 Apr. 2025
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The data includes the Kursk region in Russia, where Ukraine is now holding on to just a few villages along the border, after a slow but successful Russian rollback of Kyiv’s surprise gains last summer.—
Andrew Carey and Kosta Gak,
CNN Money,
9 Apr. 2025
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The research also had other limitations, including a small sample size and limited knowledge about exactly how the different machines prepared and filtered coffee.—
Jamie Ducharme,
Health,
4 Apr. 2025
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What, exactly, did his trade plans liberate the world’s largest economy from?—
Yeo Boon Ping,
CNBC,
4 Apr. 2025
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There will be more horror in 2025 as Lionsgate has just dated their feature take of Stephen King’s The Long Walk on the calendar for Sept 12 — that’s the weekend right after New Line opens The Conjuring: Last Rites over post Labor Day weekend.—
Jill Goldsmith,
Deadline,
1 Apr. 2025
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She’s had many years working at the front of the house in Charlotte restaurants, including at Blue, Mickey & Mooch and most recently, Primo — which sits right up the street from Fenwick’s.—
Heidi Finley,
Charlotte Observer,
1 Apr. 2025
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“Precisely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precisely. Accessed 13 Apr. 2025.
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