exact
adjective
strictly accurate or correct.
are exacting
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present progressiveof exact.present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The jobs are exacting and often require a deft touch.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 19, 2023
The replicas are exacting in detail, down to the shape, color size, and stamping.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 15, 2022
The measures are exacting a mounting economic toll that has fueled complaints from global industry groups and businesses at home.
From Reuters ● May 7, 2022
“These writers offer joy and hope. They celebrate the rich complexity of English as a global language. They are exacting, enlightening and entertaining. Really — read all of them.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 24, 2019
They are exacting and pretentious, and uneducated in the worst sense, for they are ignorant how ignorant they are, or even that they are ignorant at all.
From Modern Women and What is Said of Them A Reprint of A Series of Articles in the Saturday Review (1868) by Lucia Gilbert Calhoun
