exact

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Although Nevada regulators investigated and fined the health practitioners involved in administering the peptides, investigators weren’t able to determine the exact cause of the reaction.

From Salon • Apr. 4, 2026

At the beginning of the war, exact U.S. objectives weren’t clearly or formally stated, and I guessed the president would make them clear the day operations cease.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 2, 2026

And if so, doesn’t that just blow up Sauer’s theory that the whole point of this clause was to protect the citizenship of these exact people?

From Slate • Apr. 1, 2026

Instead, it has made it extremely difficult to pinpoint an exact tariff cost for building materials, said Ed Brady, CEO of the Home Builders Institute.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 1, 2026

“It’s not very exact but it’s the closest we’re going to get!”

From "Flying Through Water" by Mamle Wolo