exactly

Example Sentences

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“I can’t tell you exactly when, because I don’t know. But definitely nowhere as long.”

From Los Angeles Times

Otherwise, it quickly devolves into a week-long argument with your own brain about what, exactly, counts as “essential”—and whether almond milk has somehow crossed that threshold.

From Salon

If you and your husband give $76,000 to your daughter and your son-in-law —both of you giving $19,000 to each separately — you are exactly within the federal annual gift-tax exemption.

From MarketWatch

I told her and Spokane didn’t exactly make her click her heels, because her life is about being plugged into big cities.

From Los Angeles Times

“I believe that the children were all on board and would have done exactly what the court asked them to do, and that is, tell the truth. So from my standpoint, this stinks.”

From Los Angeles Times