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exact

[ig-zakt] / ɪgˈzækt /




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But sure enough, a pair of goals from Connor in the final minute—a pair of surgical strikes from nearly the same exact spot on the ice—tied the game.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 4, 2026

The supermarket worker from Wednesbury had been sent an "exact picture" of him sitting in a back garden and instantly believed he had been found, describing the day as an "emotional rollercoaster".

From BBC ● Nov. 4, 2026

Holly Madison remembers the exact moment she first saw her charming Hollywoodland tudor.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

However, they have not yet captured the exact experimental three-dimensional structure showing how the two molecules fit together.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 31, 2026

Though they had gone the exact way that Clara had when she had paid rent, the office could not have looked more different.

From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny

That all-important cold chain exacts a cost from growers and distributors as well.

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

Eliot’s failure at anything like full compliance with Claire’s wishes exacts a price.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 19, 2025

The hits come fast and furious after that, but the frenzy of tour life exacts a severe toll.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 11, 2025

As Aldrich saw it, the screening inequity had the potential to worsen the already staggering toll that lung cancer exacts in Black communities.

From Salon ● Feb. 3, 2024

And it exacts that toll in about six minutes.

From "The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics" by Daniel James Brown

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

"Now more than ever it is imperative to avoid any escalation of a conflict that has already exacted a devastating toll on civilians and that risks making the search for peace even more distant."

From Barron's ● May 26, 2026

The siege mentality of these gated communities exacted an immense human toll on employees, struggling for essentials like water or electricity.

From MarketWatch ● Jan. 8, 2026

As she left the Navy precincts for the last time, she had to sign “the pledge that was exacted of all departing”—a lifelong vow of secrecy.

From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield

“Interiors by Stewart-Gulrajani merge architecture and artistry with exacting precision. Vaulted open-beam ceilings, vast picture windows, and refined finishes infuse each room with air, light, and composure,” the description added.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 8, 2026

The good news is, per Gifford, that there are less generalized models out there that are tailored to much more exacting needs.

From Slate ● Aug. 21, 2026

His reputation as an exacting director precedes him.

From Salon ● Jul. 19, 2026

The government's "ambitious target" to halve the gap was "right and welcome", she added, but said it had to be "more exacting" about how to achieve it.

From BBC ● Jul. 14, 2026

For ten years she hadn’t realized the breadth of what I had accomplished with my exacting competence, the daily work I did, which unto itself became an unassailable body of cover.

From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee


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