exacting

Example Sentences

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With most ninth-graders coming from other, less exacting schools, the parents’ report says, the high school must now “ask less of, and deliver less to, a group of Philadelphia’s most promising students.”

From Washington Post

But they bring similarly exacting approaches to the law.

From Washington Post

At a corporate event in March, Elon Musk similarly spoke with less than exacting precision: “We need some kind of, like, regulatory authority or something overseeing AI development.”

From Scientific American

Meyers remains a magnet for stars, who are drawn to her sharp dialogue, swoon-inducing settings and exacting devotion to getting the smallest details on her films just right.

From Los Angeles Times

It’s no less gratifying for being utterly unsurprising that Jafar Panahi has, once again, made a film worthy of his own gently exacting standards.

From Washington Post