exactitude
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of exactitude
From French, dating back to 1725–35; see origin at exact, -i-, -tude
Example Sentences
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Knowing with such calibrated exactitude what Harry Potter etc. would be worth to Netflix until the end of time is quite a feat.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 27, 2026
That theory, in turn, has been elaborated with models and modern computing by exactitude culture.
From Science Daily ● Apr. 22, 2024
The hyperfocus required of driving a high-performance car has some similarities to making movies with the level of exactitude demanded by Mann.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 15, 2023
With similar racial exactitude, Justice Neil Gorsuch demanded to know how universities would classify individuals from Middle Eastern countries.
From Slate ● Jul. 5, 2023
So terrified was I that some irregularity would interfere with enlistment—some unforeseen objection—I perhaps answered with too great an exactitude, too punctilious a range of detail—desperate for approbation.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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