exactly

Example Sentences

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A view from his angle is exactly what cinema needs.

From Salon • Apr. 3, 2026

To Martindale, the wrinkled surface looked exactly like fossilized microbial mats.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Analysts speculate that we’re in a “crypto winter” of depressed prices—despite the fact that geopolitical chaos is exactly the environment in which Bitcoin is designed to thrive as “digital gold.”

From Barron's • Apr. 3, 2026

It's exactly the sort of experience that inspired the singer's third album, Ambiguous Desire.

From BBC • Apr. 2, 2026

It’s exactly why I’d never come out and told him about my feelings in the first place.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith