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“Most sales are private—you can sell the exact same Warhol every day and people won’t catch on,” she said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 12, 2026

Every year on 11 September, bells ring to commemorate the exact time that each of the four planes crashed, and the exact time the Twin Towers fell.

From BBC ● Sep. 11, 2026

While the exact cause of the glacial collapse is unclear, climate change is causing glaciers to melt worldwide, increasing the risk of such disasters.

From Barron's ● Sep. 11, 2026

“But we believe it is this exact cautiousness, particularly the fact that many cite seasonals, as the reason to think a lot of bad news is priced in,” he says.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

I remember when Madi picked out that exact swimsuit last year at Nordstrom.

From "South of Somewhere" by Kalena Miller

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

From MarketWatch ● Jul. 18, 2026

Skating as much as Hughes does exacts a brutal toll, which is why it often looks like the Minnesota defenseman has an on/off switch.

From The Wall Street Journal ● May 3, 2026

It’s never been more challenging and expensive to live in California, a place of great bounty that often exacts in dollars and stress what it offers in opportunity and wondrous beauty.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 4, 2026

She exacts her revenge, yes, but it only makes her feel hollow.

From Salon ● Mar. 2, 2025

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

But Belafonte’s celebrity exacted a toll, as he documented in a late-life autobiography that Mr. Jelly-Schapiro draws on heavily.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 7, 2026

Well, there are numerous contemporaneous examples of reparation payments exacted by European states, so you tell me.

From Salon ● Jul. 4, 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

Again the golf course exacted demands that induced the Swede's crucial errors as he found water on the 11th and 12th holes.

From BBC ● Mar. 16, 2026

I had long before accepted the fact that education exacted a great price for its equally great benefits.

From "Hunger of Memory" by Richard Rodriguez

It also became his millstone, exacting a harsh price for a title so catchy many people felt no need to actually read the book.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 8, 2026

“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

For half a century people had been trying to work out the size of the Earth, mostly by making very exacting measurements.

From "A Short History of Nearly Everything" by Bill Bryson