precise

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ABS uses tracking technology — 12 Hawk-Eye cameras — to determine the precise location of a pitch relative to a batter’s specific strike zone.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

The glass replicas of flowers are so delicate and precise that the narrator sees them “as organic one instant and as artificial the next.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

Moving from large-scale systems to molecular machines introduces challenges such as Brownian motion, which makes precise control more difficult.

From Science Daily • Mar. 31, 2026

The interior ministry statement said in a statement translated from Arabic: "Security forces immediately launched an operation to apprehend the perpetrators, acting on precise intelligence and through intensive field operations, tracking the kidnappers' movements."

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

The intricate German war plan called for the deployment of a million troops transported by 11,000 trains according to a precise timetable.

From "The War to End All Wars: World War I" by Russell Freedman