precision

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Dame Felicity's agent told the BBC that "in her work, she was sublime; inhabiting every performance with precision, depth and beauty".

From BBC • May 17, 2026

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

The man’s name—John Singer—was engraved in the center, and beneath this, written in ink with the same elaborate precision as the engraving, there was a brief message.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers