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precision

[pri-sizh-uhn] / prɪˈsɪʒ ən /


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In an operation with a degree of military precision, the small fleet of lorries departed for Dover just after sunrise, where the men staged an intimidating show of strength near the port.

From BBC Sep. 11, 2026

T cell receptor therapy, known as TCR therapy, is a form of cancer treatment that genetically modifies immune cells called T cells so they can recognize and attack cancer with high precision.

From Science Daily Sep. 11, 2026

Using powerful atomic force microscopy, researchers watched short pieces of DNA align with extraordinary precision, matching one another groove for groove.

From Science Daily Sep. 10, 2026

Navion Neurosciences, a Charlottesville, Va.-based startup developing precision medicines for neurological diseases, secured $10.8 million in seed financing led by the Angelini Lumira Biosciences Fund.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 10, 2026

She imagined him as she had met him, mounted and firing flaming arrows with such precision.

From Anya and the Nightingale by Sofiya Pasternack

And yet an EUV alone is a nearly miraculous human achievement, capable of working at scales and precisions that are difficult to fathom.

From New York Times Jul. 12, 2023

“We can create these models that basically let us know the time of arrival to precisions that rival atomic clocks,” says Thankful Cromartie, an astrophysicist at Cornell University and a member of NANOGrav.

From Scientific American Jun. 28, 2023

It’s in these precisions that the historical and sociological force of her work registers.

From Washington Post Apr. 6, 2023

They will have to decide which qubits in the computer to use and how to deal with ranges of operational fidelities and low-level precisions that are foreign to most modern programmers.

From Nature Sep. 12, 2017

Not all men are fitted by nature for the precisions of life in a barracks.

From The Armed Forces Officer Department of the Army Pamphlet 600-2 by United States. Dept. of Defense




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