as in right
as stated or indicated without the slightest difference
made reservations at a restaurant that's smack-dab in the center of town
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Recent Examples of smack-dab
Universal: Unlike Disneyland, Universal Hollywood makes a feature of being smack-dab in the middle of North Hollywood.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 July 2024
First, there’s the challenge of getting to your small intestine, which is smack-dab in the middle of your GI tract.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 24 Oct. 2024
Released smack-dab in the middle of the pandemic, the song sees Charli longing to wildly lose herself in a club, a feeling many of us could relate to at that time.
—Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2024
That’s smack-dab on top of the theoretical prediction, seeming to confirm the standard model of cosmology.
—Liz Kruesi, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2024
The 1080p webcam sits smack-dab in the middle of the top bezel.
—PCMAG, 25 July 2024
Now the Fieri-fave has opened a second eatery called The Food Republic smack-dab in the middle of Fort Lauderdale’s busy hub, where Sunrise Boulevard and U.S. Highway 1 meet.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2024
But the newest tenant, Alara, is something altogether different: a downtown-caliber, fine-dining restaurant smack-dab in the middle of it all.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2024
Right now, one of them is smack-dab center stage at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Rupert Goold’s production of The Hunt.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2024
Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 July 2024
First, there’s the challenge of getting to your small intestine, which is smack-dab in the middle of your GI tract.
—Erica Sloan, SELF, 24 Oct. 2024
Released smack-dab in the middle of the pandemic, the song sees Charli longing to wildly lose herself in a club, a feeling many of us could relate to at that time.
—Christopher Rosa, Glamour, 15 Oct. 2024
That’s smack-dab on top of the theoretical prediction, seeming to confirm the standard model of cosmology.
—Liz Kruesi, WIRED, 8 Sep. 2024
The 1080p webcam sits smack-dab in the middle of the top bezel.
—PCMAG, 25 July 2024
Now the Fieri-fave has opened a second eatery called The Food Republic smack-dab in the middle of Fort Lauderdale’s busy hub, where Sunrise Boulevard and U.S. Highway 1 meet.
—Rod Stafford Hagwood, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2024
But the newest tenant, Alara, is something altogether different: a downtown-caliber, fine-dining restaurant smack-dab in the middle of it all.
—Keith Pandolfi, The Enquirer, 24 Apr. 2024
Right now, one of them is smack-dab center stage at St. Ann’s Warehouse in Rupert Goold’s production of The Hunt.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 25 Feb. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for smack-dab
Adverb
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Read our testing and scoring criteria below or skip right to our list.—
Jake Henry Smith,
Glamour,
25 Apr. 2025
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Jeanty figures to jump right into Pete Carroll's offense and get to work with new Raiders quarterback Geno Smith handing the ball off to him.—
Scott Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
25 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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But the Heat then scored just 21 points while shooting 1 of 6 (16.7 percent) on threes in the fourth quarter.—
Anthony Chiang,
Miami Herald,
21 Apr. 2025
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By episode 2, the former Fireflies make it to an area just outside Jackson and see how heavily fortified the city is.—
Eliana Dockterman,
Time,
21 Apr. 2025
Adverb
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Together, these talents place roomy sound, quiet focus, and day-long freedom squarely on your head.—
Shubham Yewale,
PC Magazine,
23 Apr. 2025
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The series plays out over one day, each episode representing an hour of their shift — and where ER often focused on the patients' cases and the doctors' personal lives, The Pitt centers squarely on the medical professionals and the toll these cases, both past and present, take on them.—
Gerrad Hall,
EW.com,
23 Apr. 2025
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