exacting
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Justice Amy Coney Barrett, however, supplied the argument’s most exacting skepticism, and likely the cleanest window into which a center-right majority might land.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
He was exacting, charming and merciless in equal measure.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Most ominously, the “airborne garbage” we were breathing was exacting a price on everyone’s health.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 26, 2026
While the aviation industry has exacting safety standards for aircraft design and certification, there isn’t an international agreement on what qualifies as safe when flying in conflict zones.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 22, 2026
I suppose she was taking inventory, what I had, what she didn’t have, doing the simple arithmetic and, perhaps a few days later, exacting some new promise from Papa.
From "In the Time of the Butterflies" by Julia Alvarez
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Vocabulary from The Articles of Confederation
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