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In other words, the Chargers probably couldn’t go wrong with any of them, which isn’t often the case in an exercise as fickle and inexact as the NFL draft.

Once in a while, I feel so sad that I’ll never understand a piece of translated writing the way it’s really meant to be understood, because even the most exquisite translations are, by definition, inexact.

But to assess the full arc of global warming, scientists typically combine this data with 19th-century thermometer readings that were often spotty and inexact.

While the figure may be inexact, as outliers can skew the average, the housing price increase in White Salmon mirrors exploding prices throughout the touristy Gorge region.

Justice Thomas acknowledged that the new standard was inexact.