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smack-dab

[smak-dab] / ˈsmækˈdæb /
ADVERB
directly
Synonyms
WEAK
as a crow flies bang beeline dead direct due exactly fair flush just plump precisely right slam-bang slap smack square squarely straight straightly undeviatingly unswervingly without deviation

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“We don’t want to live in fear, so we make ourselves useful working for organizations that move the scale away from fear and put us smack dab in the middle of love.”

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 14, 2025

We’re smack dab in the middle of 2010 again.

From Salon • Feb. 5, 2025

Among the cities smack dab in the action: Dallas; Little Rock, Arkansas; Indianapolis, Cleveland; Buffalo, New York; and Montreal — making for the continent’s biggest eclipse crowd.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 12, 2024

Sanders has the Buffaloes smack dab in the center of the college football universe this week courtesy a 45-42 win at then-No.

From Washington Times • Sep. 5, 2023

There was no chance of seeing an ocean in Sassafras Springs, which is set smack dab in the center of the country.

From "The Seven Wonders of Sassafras Springs" by Betty G. Birney