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In a forest grove to the east, a contractor climbed into a mechanical harvester and pivoted its head to grip and fell a tree, strip its branches and cut the trunk into exact lengths.

From Barron's ● Oct. 26, 2026

The compound has not yet been isolated or chemically identified, so its exact nature and mechanism remain unknown.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 25, 2026

The exact dollar amount Bianco is seeking from the county is still being determined, according to Hertz.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 24, 2026

And what he did have was half his lifetime of preparation for this exact moment.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

The exact date of when Boo came into the Very, Very Far North remains a mystery.

From "The Very, Very Far North" by Dan Bar-el

That all-important cold chain exacts a cost from growers and distributors as well.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

Skating as much as Hughes does exacts a brutal toll, which is why it often looks like the Minnesota defenseman has an on/off switch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

But it, too, exacts a high environment cost.

From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 6, 2026

As Aldrich saw it, the screening inequity had the potential to worsen the already staggering toll that lung cancer exacts in Black communities.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2024

Maybe Bastian exacts some final vendetta; maybe Frederick goes looking for his only way out.

From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr

One result is the great financial sacrifice exacted on family members who do take on caregiving roles, not only while they fill this role but thereafter, as well.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 27, 2026

Well, there are numerous contemporaneous examples of reparation payments exacted by European states, so you tell me.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026

The report defines “forced labor” as “all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026

Again the golf course exacted demands that induced the Swede's crucial errors as he found water on the 11th and 12th holes.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

She walked the earth and exacted an oath from each thing that she encountered never to harm Balder the beautiful.

From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman

A customer may have exacting preferences, a store may rearrange its shelves and an apparently suitable replacement may turn out to contain an allergen.

From Salon ● Oct. 25, 2026

It’s a tale of an exacting, step-by-step plan to rob a racetrack and how it is wittily undone by even more meticulous and unforgiving fate.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

“Interiors by Stewart-Gulrajani merge architecture and artistry with exacting precision. Vaulted open-beam ceilings, vast picture windows, and refined finishes infuse each room with air, light, and composure,” the description added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

The good news is, per Gifford, that there are less generalized models out there that are tailored to much more exacting needs.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

For ten years she hadn’t realized the breadth of what I had accomplished with my exacting competence, the daily work I did, which unto itself became an unassailable body of cover.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee