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She wasn’t about to bungle the sighting for her client, a photographer who’d flown to Africa for this exact moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
The other half — two-fifths to be exact — of the story is the bond market.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 15, 2026
More than six weeks later, at least 1,300 remain missing, though there is no exact count.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 14, 2026
The exact nature of the perceived threat to the aircraft in this latest case remains unclear.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
It was like his very words had jinxed us, because at that exact moment there was a loud bang on the entrance to the Glitch room.
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
That all-important cold chain exacts a cost from growers and distributors as well.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
Eliot’s failure at anything like full compliance with Claire’s wishes exacts a price.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025
Realistic scenes of a contentious father-daughter relationship, the toll shame exacts on families and a portrait of ‘70s California make the “The Ghostwriter” a page-turning, rewarding read.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2025
Amazon’s advantage exacts a personal toll, workers say.
From Salon ● Nov. 26, 2024
Running wide around turns offers the best chance of clear sailing but exacts a high price in extra distance the horse has to cover.
From "Seabiscuit: An American Legend" by Laura Hillenbrand
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
Still, the relationships with Epstein have exacted tolls.
From Barron's ● Dec. 18, 2025
I had long before accepted the fact that education exacted a great price for its equally great benefits.
From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez
Anderson’s score work is planned to exacting detail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
His reputation as an exacting director precedes him.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
It needed to be private, convenient, and up to the exacting standards of the three-time champions.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
Enphase is still working on its design, but is confident it will be able to meet the tech companies’ exacting standards.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
I narrated my college life in exacting detail to both my parents like a homesteader dutifully providing dispatches from the frontier.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
Vocabulary lists containing exact
The Merchant of Venice
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Common Core Grade 5, List 7
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 1–3
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