as in right
as stated or indicated without the slightest difference made reservations at a restaurant that's smack-dab in the center of town

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Recent Examples of smack-dab Universal: Unlike Disneyland, Universal Hollywood makes a feature of being smack-dab in the middle of North Hollywood. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 July 2024 First, there’s the challenge of getting to your small intestine, which is smack-dab in the middle of your GI tract. Erica Sloan, SELF, 24 Oct. 2024 Released smack-dab in the middle of the pandemic, the song sees Charli longing to wildly lose herself in a club, a feeling many of us could relate to at that time. Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2024 That’s smack-dab on top of the theoretical prediction, seeming to confirm the standard model of cosmology. Liz Kruesi, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2024 The 1080p webcam sits smack-dab in the middle of the top bezel. PCMAG, 25 July 2024 Now the Fieri-fave has opened a second eatery called The Food Republic smack-dab in the middle of Fort Lauderdale’s busy hub, where Sunrise Boulevard and U.S. Highway 1 meet. Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2024 But the newest tenant, Alara, is something altogether different: a downtown-caliber, fine-dining restaurant smack-dab in the middle of it all. Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2024 Right now, one of them is smack-dab center stage at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Rupert Goold’s production of The Hunt. Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2024
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  • Negan used Lucille to bash in the face and brains of Maggie’s husband Glenn (Steven Yeun) right in front of her in The Walking Dead's infamous lineup scene from the season 6 finale and season 7 premiere.
    Dalton Ross, EW.com, 20 Mar. 2025
  • The duet between Ashley McBryde and Terri Clark was not even the only female/female duet of the night: That started right at the top of the show, with McEntire and Yearwood kicking things off together.
    Chris Willman, Variety, 20 Mar. 2025
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  • The synthetic, dual-fiber bristles (a mixture of fine and thick in density) pick up just the right amount of product to deliver streak-free full application without absorbing too much product or depositing it unevenly onto skin.
    Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Alabama is in the Elite 8 for just the third time in school history but second season in a row.
    Tim Casey, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
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  • The current proposal calls for the committee overseeing Medicaid and Medicare to extract $880 billion from its budget over the next decade — cuts that would fall squarely on Medicaid.
    Lisa Jarvis, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
  • And here’s the kicker: cold applying alone puts the odds squarely against you.
    Maggie McGrath, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025

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“Smack-dab.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/smack-dab. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.

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