precision
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The record assembled under oath describes, with uncomfortable precision, the administration doing exactly what it accuses everyone else of doing.
From Slate • May 14, 2026
I like the free-associative nature of her humor, the droll precision of her speech, and the fact that, while I know she will zig and zag, I never know which way she’ll turn.
From Los Angeles Times • May 14, 2026
Lasers’ narrower footprints reduce the area they can be intercepted from, but they require precision.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026
To match the same level of testing precision using electrons, scientists would need to preserve electron quantum superpositions for nearly 100 million years.
From Science Daily • May 11, 2026
He was certain that a shipwreck could be excavated with the same scientific care and precision as archaeologists working on land.
From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler
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