precisely
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At precisely the right time, Shankland is playing the football of his life.
From BBC • Jun. 6, 2026
The May employment report delivered precisely that test.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 6, 2026
The technology Egli’s group used, called base editing, allows them to target individual DNA letters in sequences more precisely with fewer adverse effects.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
This is precisely why we turn to art, which probes both truth and beauty: the enemies of doomscrolling.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
But that is precisely the cause of my worry.
From "A Rover's Story" by Jasmine Warga
Vocabulary lists containing precisely
"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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