inexact
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But because the draft was an inexact science, the surest way to extract value was to take as many shots as possible.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
These numbers are seasonally adjusted, and the government’s process for doing so is sometimes inexact, to say the least.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 11, 2026
It’s an inexact parallel, if it’s any kind of parallel at all.
From Salon ● May 3, 2026
“Assessing social and emotional dimensions of growth is an inexact science. We could assess all 4-year-olds, but we might not be measuring the right thing.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 5, 2026
Within a few hundred years, the big men acquired *Here, as elsewhere in this book, I am being chronologically inexact.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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