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Recent Examples of dead-on Indeed, Dean Edwards' Denzel is hilarious and dead-on, Kenan Thompson's impression here less so. EW.com, 8 Dec. 2024 The Nope star stopped by The Tonight Show on Tuesday night (Nov. 19) to describe the scary moment to host Jimmy Fallon, complete with a pretty dead-on Nicki impersonation. Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 20 Nov. 2024 Playing the 81-year-old president as aghast, confused, and inarticulate could easily amount to an unkind impersonation, but in Carvey’s masterful hands, there is zero heightening — only dead-on accuracy. Joe Berkowitz, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2024 The first was Hurricane Ian, which made landfall dead-on as a Category 4 storm. Melvin Backman, Quartz, 9 Oct. 2024 An uncanny ability to make dead-on observations of those around him, Gregg is sardonic, defeated and would love nothing more than to retire. Denise Petski, Deadline, 13 Sep. 2024 The shade Baby is pretty much a dead-on match for my natural lips. Humeara Mohamed, refinery29.com, 7 Aug. 2024 Weirdly, your timing was dead-on for people searching for a comedic break from what is going on in the world. Nate Jackson, Los Angeles Times, 31 July 2024 Then, Richard dismounted and stuck a dead-on landing, finishing with a 14.166 score, good enough for third overall in the group. Candace Buckner, Washington Post, 27 July 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for dead-on
Adjective
  • But new correspondence with The Times raises questions about whether that narrative is accurate, or if Bass is withholding public records.
    Julia Wick, Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Its night time resting heart heart rate measurement is 99.6% accurate, while its heart rate variability (the variation in time between consecutive heart beats) is 98% accurate when compared to a medical-grade electrocardiogram (ECG), which measures the heart’s electrical activity.
    Korin Miller, SELF, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • In short: There’s no correct answer; no handbook dictating the exact right way to preserve an entire country’s cultural history.
    Leah Asmelash, CNN, 8 Mar. 2025
  • Put differently, pollsters failed to set the correct expectations for 2024.
    Clifford Young, The Conversation, 7 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • This becomes even more true if a recession does result.
    Steve Banker, Forbes, 4 Mar. 2025
  • But while Connecticut is largely forested, only about one-tenth of 1% of all forest land in the state is considered true old-growth forest.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 4 Mar. 2025
Adjective
  • Dior Forever Skin Perfect Foundation Stick, $52 Ahead, find the nine medium-coverage foundations that have a permanent place in makeup artists’ kits (and in Allure editors’ hearts) and prepare to put your best face forward.
    Jenny Berg, Allure, 8 Mar. 2025
  • The ‘90s was good to the magazine industry for the most part.
    Rachel Burchfield, Forbes, 8 Mar. 2025

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“Dead-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/dead-on. Accessed 12 Mar. 2025.

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