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Which theory is famous for making unusually accurate predictions when tested by experiment?

accurate

[ak-yer-it] / ˈæk jər ɪt /




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Andreas Walter, BMW’s chief customer officer, North America, said his team worked hard to keep the app accurate, especially on financial questions such as how a down payment changes monthly lease costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 9, 2026

For one thing, the software requires reasonably accurate information about the asteroid's shape from every direction.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 8, 2026

"It's critically important that people see accurate representations of properties on our platform," a spokesperson added.

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

The DfE said its guidance sets out "how repayments are calculated across the different repayment plans", adding that it was "vital" that university applicants have "clear and accurate information".

From BBC ● Nov. 6, 2026

If Teresita’s husband’s hand-drawn map was even sort of accurate, we hadn’t covered half the ground we’d intended to today.

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall


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