dead-on

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It’s one of many amusingly dead-on observations about the nature of popular music today, whether at the end that enjoys global adulation or at the opposite extreme.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

Perhaps that goes some way to explain her mass appeal later in life, expanded in no small way by “Downton” creator Julian Fellowes’ dead-on writing for the show.

From Salon • Oct. 1, 2024

Land is dead-on in her analysis of the various ways our society makes poverty all but inescapable.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 31, 2023

Though the voice is decidedly Irish, the message of Michael Magee’s dead-on debut novel is universal.

From New York Times • May 15, 2023

Their target was five stories over their heads and hidden from view, but they had to hit the pools dead-on.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland