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exactly

[ig-zakt-lee] / ɪgˈzækt li /


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It's exactly the same with McGinn, who was out for a few weeks at the start of the year.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

One of the others is the Brick, that little piece of plastic that has exactly one job—to make my phone stop working in distracting ways—and executes it to perfection.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026

Brock became much less prolific, though that wasn’t exactly intentional.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Their goal was to determine exactly where the stone came from and whether glaciers could have carried it southward during the last Ice Age.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

Maggie still wants to know exactly where here might be, but Bernadette is gathering steam.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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