exact

Example Sentences

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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

“If I had just gotten in the car and driven off with my wife and child at that exact moment, everything would have been fine,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 1, 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

You could have searched this area with a magnifying glass, but if you didn’t know the exact branch to pull aside, you’d never find it.

From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy