exact
adjective
strictly accurate or correct.
have been exacting
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present perfect progressiveof exact.present perfect progressive
Used to describe an action that began in the past, has continued continuously, and is still in progress.
Example Sentences
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For Chatterji, the consequences of her human rights work in India — from Kashmir’s mass graves to Assam’s citizenship tests — have been exacting.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 3, 2021
The challenges of the new mission have been exacting, given the vast distances and limited support infrastructure on land.
From New York Times ● Aug. 29, 2015
Even Alan Greenspan, the inflation-stalking chairman of the Federal Reserve Board, concedes that the six interest-rate hikes he engineered last year have been exacting a price on the economy.
From Time Magazine Archive
To a boy of sixteen, however, the change from the comforts of home and the comparative freedom of school-life to the stern discipline of the yards must have been exacting.
From Thomas Andrews Shipbuilder by Shan F. Bullock
I know I have been exacting to-day, for the eyes are the crux of a portrait.
From The Great Amulet by Maud Diver
