exact
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It’s unclear what the exact source of the outbreak is.
From Salon ● Jul. 20, 2026
This means the method is most useful for comparing the dinosaurs with one another rather than producing an exact measurement for each individual animal.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 20, 2026
The exact number of deaths remains unclear to this day.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 20, 2026
For example, some are frustrated that the agency hasn’t specified the exact formula it will now use in the software calculation.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 19, 2026
“Nothing,” Regan said at the exact moment that I said, “Everything.”
From "Glitch" by Laura Martin
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 problem with this conception is the opportunity cost it exacts on the American reading public.
From Salon ● Dec. 18, 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
Maybe Bastian exacts some final vendetta; maybe Frederick goes looking for his only way out.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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
She walked the earth and exacted an oath from each thing that she encountered never to harm Balder the beautiful.
From "Norse Mythology" by Neil Gaiman
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
Yet other, more controversial projects, exacting irreversible change to capital institutions, are facing greater opposition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 8, 2026
Enphase is still working on its design, but is confident it will be able to meet the tech companies’ exacting standards.
From Barron's ● Jun. 4, 2026
He may be stern; he may be exacting; he may be ambitious yet; but his is the sternness of the warrior Greatheart, who guards his pilgrim convoy from the onslaught of Apollyon.
From "Jane Eyre" by Charlotte Brontë
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The Merchant of Venice
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Common Core Grade 5, List 7
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"Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" by Lewis Carroll, Chapters 1–3
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