hit the mark

Example Sentences

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Look up a thesaurus and you'll find dozens of ways to describe what happened here but, somehow, none of them quite hit the mark.

From BBC • Apr. 26, 2026

That’s a change from last year, when OpenAI launched several standalone products that didn’t always hit the mark.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 31, 2026

Lululemon also struggled to hit the mark on its product assortment, failing to innovate quickly enough or have the right sizes and colors in stock.

From Barron's • Dec. 13, 2025

Bill, your observations as a Parkinson’s suffer truly hit the mark and deeply resonated with me.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 14, 2025

By the end of our training session my ears are ringing, my arms are sore, and I smell like gunpowder, but I have hit the mark three times.

From "Blood on the River" by Elisa Carbone