exact
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In some deposits, researchers cannot determine the exact order in which bodies were added or the precise intentions behind their placement.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 19, 2026
In the case of Bessette’s wedding attire, one of Mance’s assistants found a swatch of fabric from her Narciso Rodriguez silk slip gown, which they were able to remake using the exact material.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
"The exact circumstances are yet to be established and the investigation into the incident remains ongoing," they said.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
She wasn’t about to bungle the sighting for her client, a photographer who’d flown to Africa for this exact moment.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 16, 2026
“So why lie now? No, I’m convinced Kent knows your mother. I’m convinced he’s met with her. He gave us exact dates, meeting locations.”
From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin
That all-important cold chain exacts a cost from growers and distributors as well.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
The Magic City exacts a premium for the privilege.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
She exacts her revenge, yes, but it only makes her feel hollow.
From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2025
She’s pursuing her medical education in America, which exacts a more drastic form of loss, but Iranian existence for women is a quagmire of contradictions.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 21, 2025
Maybe Bastian exacts some final vendetta; maybe Frederick goes looking for his only way out.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
But Belafonte’s celebrity exacted a toll, as he documented in a late-life autobiography that Mr. Jelly-Schapiro draws on heavily.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026
Well, there are numerous contemporaneous examples of reparation payments exacted by European states, so you tell me.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
It is unclear if payments are being exacted under the new system.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
“IBM has effectively exacted change across every major technology computing cycle over the last century,” Woodring explains.
From Barron's ● Dec. 10, 2025
In April of 1933, a fresh and reconstituted varsity crew promptly exacted its revenge, sweeping the Olympic champion Cal Bears from their home waters on the Oakland Estuary.
From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown
Anderson’s score work is planned to exacting detail.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 21, 2026
His reputation as an exacting director precedes him.
From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026
Enphase is still working on its design, but is confident it will be able to meet the tech companies’ exacting standards.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
"This action supports the welfare of American children by exacting real consequences for child support delinquency under existing federal law," the department said in a statement.
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
It was harder, more exacting work than she thought.
From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich
Vocabulary lists containing exact
The Merchant of Venice
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Common Core Grade 5, List 7
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 1–3
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