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exactingly

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Her office, like her home, is exactingly styled by her and built by Mike.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 11, 2026

The quality of dread that he sustains over an eerie, exactingly precise 106 minutes stems from our disturbing realization of just how quotidian that life is.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 14, 2023

The final touches are thread-thin diagonal stripes of melted chocolate, piped exactingly and a sprinkling of smoked Maldon sea salt.

From Salon • Sep. 19, 2023

His sushi otherwise is in the Edomae tradition, different fishes exactingly cured or marinated for optimal flavor, anointed with one, two or maybe three things in careful, often minute proportions.

From Seattle Times • Sep. 8, 2022

It also might have been noticed as he cantered down the drive that his legs did not stick out so stiffly, nor did his person bob so exactingly as on previous but peaceful expeditions.

From Master Tales of Mystery, Volume 3 by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)