precise
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Gervais cautions against seeing this as a precise tipping point, but instead considers it an indicative zone where the positive relationship becomes markedly less clear.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026
"Because we had a precise location, we were able to just say, 'OK, we know where it is. We're directly measuring the power,'" Wong said.
From Science Daily • May 21, 2026
Investors will be eager to learn about more precise timing.
From Barron's • May 20, 2026
There was no word on the previous timeline for the facility or on a precise route.
From MarketWatch • May 19, 2026
Thus Descartes opted for the least common phrase available to him in French as a translation for lex naturae in order to give his phrase a precise reference to scientific laws, not moral ones.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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