exactly

Example Sentences

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“California’s next lieutenant governor needs to be a proven leader who turns big ideas into real results, and that’s exactly what I did as mayor,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 1, 2026

More research is needed to clarify exactly how stress, eating habits, and gut health interact, but the results point to timing as an important factor.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

A 120,000-year-old deer skeleton, also discovered in Germany, shows a spear wound where the pelvic bone was thinnest, suggesting that the hunter knew exactly where to aim.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 30, 2026

Social Security was created to exactly avoid this kind of catastrophe, which would lead to homelessness, poverty and hunger, as it did in the 1930s.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 30, 2026

I don’t know exactly how to say it.

From "Keeping Pace" by Laurie Morrison