Example Sentences

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Michael Lindbeck, a retiree in Alaska who owns six Harleys and two Indians, said it was spot-on.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026

"It was a challenging prediction, and we had to be spot-on," Barat says.

From Science Daily • May 7, 2026

Yet even if you were spot-on with your trading, a passive buy-and-hold stock portfolio still did better than your active one by 1 annualized percentage point between 1948 and 2018, according to Deluard.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 29, 2026

I have been rooting for “Sinners” since I saw it almost a year ago — vampires haven’t been used with such spot-on metaphoric resonance since Bram Stoker wrote “Dracula.”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 15, 2026

The man pointed spot-on at the boy and called out, “You!”

From "Elijah of Buxton" by Christopher Paul Curtis