precisely
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The technology Egli’s group used, called base editing, allows them to target individual DNA letters in sequences more precisely with fewer adverse effects.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026
For queer people, coming out carries precisely that weight.
From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026
What remained unclear was how those pulses were timed so precisely.
From Science Daily • Jun. 4, 2026
Thousands were precisely reproduced for the cleaner enclosures of the Maginot’s scientific mission.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 2, 2026
As for Penelope, she had found the whole business utterly exhausting, but she was glad of the outcome, for of course it was precisely what she had hoped and schemed for.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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"To Kill a Mockingbird" by Harper Lee, Chapters 20–25
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