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precise

[pri-sahys] / prɪˈsaɪs /




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For weekend cooks with other life responsibilities, minding a smoker to hold precise temperatures for hours, or even overnight, is difficult.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 26, 2026

Football is a sport of trade-offs and when South Korea pressed South Africa high, the Bafana Bafana stuck to their principles, playing it forward in a more precise manner.

From BBC • Jun. 26, 2026

Using the precise location measured by WXT, astronomers quickly directed major telescopes around the world toward the source.

From Science Daily • Jun. 26, 2026

Mr. Hayward’s answering bird noise is enthusiastic, if not entirely precise.

From Salon • Jun. 25, 2026

They had to be removed from their hooks in a very precise way, a way that anyone who didn’t already know was unlikely to figure out fast.

From "The Mona Lisa Vanishes" by Nicholas Day




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