exactly

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“All for a benefit that is barely articulable; what, exactly, is the intelligence community going to do in 30 days to make the models safer?”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026

This means when the deal closes, one Orla share will be worth almost exactly the price of an Equinox share, which is why they’re trading in line with each other.

From Barron's • Jun. 2, 2026

Justice Neil Gorsuch explained exactly that in his opinion stating why he would deny cert, and a majority of the court apparently agreed.

From Slate • Jun. 2, 2026

Mixed into meatloaf, it lends the kind of rich, steakhouse-adjacent flavor that makes people pause after the first bite and ask what, exactly, you put in there.

From Salon • Jun. 2, 2026

When exactly had he warmed to the thought of leaving it all?

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman