as in accuracy
the quality or state of being very accurate
after its opening weekend, a movie's final box office gross can be estimated with considerable exactitude
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Recent Examples of exactitude
Cove is much larger, with a more formal service style, but the exactitude is still there, the sense of stylishness, the obsession and the delight.
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
There’s no way to say, with any degree of exactitude, how many times a scene like that has played out during Ovechkin’s career.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Bigelow pulls the film together with the exactitude of a fighter pilot.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
But Hynes details life’s vicissitudes with poetic exactitude.
—Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
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Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 11 Jan. 2026
There’s no way to say, with any degree of exactitude, how many times a scene like that has played out during Ovechkin’s career.
—Sean Gentille, New York Times, 25 Oct. 2025
Bigelow pulls the film together with the exactitude of a fighter pilot.
—Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 3 Sep. 2025
But Hynes details life’s vicissitudes with poetic exactitude.
—Will Dukes, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exactitude
Noun
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Quijano's team was able to track the orbits of the 15 binary systems to millisecond accuracy.—
Keith Cooper,
Space.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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In a separate homeowner lawsuit in Oklahoma state court, State Farm's lawyers said the company launched an initiative in 2020 to improve the accuracy of its claims-handling practices, including correcting overpayment and underpayment of claims for wind and hail damage.—
Michael Copley,
NPR,
28 Apr. 2026
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Church depicted the high arch, which sits on land once owned by Thomas Jefferson, with scientific precision yet in a romantic, golden light.—
Sebastian Smee,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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The Summit broke the deadlock in the 77th on Flint’s left-footed precision strike to retake the lead.—
Phuoc Nguyen,
Chicago Tribune,
3 May 2026
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After early morning chilly temperatures in the 40s and low 50s, get ready for weather perfection during the midday and afternoon hours.—
Steven Sosna,
CBS News,
4 May 2026
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What has separated Young from the rest of the field is not perfection.—
Noah Gulley,
Miami Herald,
4 May 2026
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“Exactitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exactitude. Accessed 7 May. 2026.
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