as in accuracy
the quality or state of being very accurate
the company that measures TV ratings prides itself on the precision of its calculations
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Plus, the pointed tip offers extra precision in comparison to the rounded doe-foot wands.
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Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2024
Arrival was a clever bit of theater, separating you from both modern Nice and your own reality with surgical precision.
—Paul Jebara, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2024
The rotations defensively, the coverages defensively, and then getting into our stuff with precision and force.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
These are just some of the ways AI can help achieve precision nutrition.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
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Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 18 Oct. 2024
Arrival was a clever bit of theater, separating you from both modern Nice and your own reality with surgical precision.
—Paul Jebara, Travel + Leisure, 18 Oct. 2024
The rotations defensively, the coverages defensively, and then getting into our stuff with precision and force.
—Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2024
These are just some of the ways AI can help achieve precision nutrition.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 12 Oct. 2024
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“Precision.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/precision. Accessed 4 Nov. 2024.
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