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Consider an athlete who took the exact opposite approach of James: soccer legend Cristiano Ronaldo.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
The exact moment of its maximum fullness will be missed across the UK as the Moon will be just below the horizon.
From BBC ● Jul. 26, 2026
We learned from DWP in the early post-mortem that the pipe in question had been on duty for more than a century — 110 years, to be exact.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2026
As it stands, the exact source of the outbreak remains largely unclear.
From Salon ● Jul. 25, 2026
Chase could not remember how many times his father had said these exact words to him.
From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith
That all-important cold chain exacts a cost from growers and distributors as well.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026
The problem with this conception is the opportunity cost it exacts on the American reading public.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 2025
The Magic City exacts a premium for the privilege.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
Realistic scenes of a contentious father-daughter relationship, the toll shame exacts on families and a portrait of ‘70s California make the “The Ghostwriter” a page-turning, rewarding read.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 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
Shearer's debut ended in a 4-0 loss in the Charity Shield to the club he turned down, revenge exacted spectacularly with a 5-0 win at home in the Premier League two months later.
From BBC ● Jul. 20, 2026
Well, there are numerous contemporaneous examples of reparation payments exacted by European states, so you tell me.
From Salon ● Jul. 4, 2026
The report defines “forced labor” as “all work or service which is exacted from any person under the menace of any penalty for its nonperformance and for which the worker does not offer himself voluntarily.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 3, 2026
It is unclear if payments are being exacted under the new system.
From MarketWatch ● May 19, 2026
Up close, it was plain the burden of so many souls had exacted its toll.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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
The process takes time and is physically exacting; the women must beat the cloth together in rhythm, and to do so they use a tool more commonly associated with sailors pulling ropes: They sing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 17, 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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