hit the mark
Example Sentences
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Hoping to lift his spirits, actors and others at his Long Island theater gathered to try to find a recipe that might hit the mark.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 3, 2026
Look up a thesaurus and you'll find dozens of ways to describe what happened here but, somehow, none of them quite hit the mark.
From BBC ● Apr. 26, 2026
That’s a change from last year, when OpenAI launched several standalone products that didn’t always hit the mark.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 31, 2026
Lululemon also struggled to hit the mark on its product assortment, failing to innovate quickly enough or have the right sizes and colors in stock.
From Barron's ● Dec. 13, 2025
By the end of our training session my ears are ringing, my arms are sore, and I smell like gunpowder, but I have hit the mark three times.
From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone
