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exactly

[ig-zakt-lee] / ɪgˈzækt li /


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It's exactly the same with McGinn, who was out for a few weeks at the start of the year.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

One of the others is the Brick, that little piece of plastic that has exactly one job—to make my phone stop working in distracting ways—and executes it to perfection.

From Slate • Jun. 10, 2026

Musselman didn’t exactly deliver on that investment during the 2024-25 season, as USC bottomed out during its first Big Ten men’s basketball slate.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Yet scientists still do not know where it came from, or even exactly what it was.

From Science Daily • Jun. 9, 2026

Clare knew exactly what she meant, for he felt it too.

From "The Undead Fox of Deadwood Forest" by Aubrey Hartman




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