exact
adjective
strictly accurate or correct.
is exacting
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present progressiveof exact (3rd person singular).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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In a sign of the toll market volatility is exacting, the stock-exchange operator has postponed the launch of options for four blue-chip stocks amid concerns that the market has overheated.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 2026
Her vision is exacting, and usually nonnegotiable, and it’s Bifano’s job to make it happen.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 19, 2025
“Every additional day that this war continues is exacting huge and compounding costs to Gazans and all Palestinians” said United Nations Development Program Administrator Achim Steiner.
From Seattle Times ● May 2, 2024
“The war is exacting a very heavy cost from us,” Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Israelis.
From New York Times ● Dec. 24, 2023
Its normal object, military training, is exacting, methodical, and thorough, and moral force of character, self-reliance, discipline of the mind, and knowledge of human nature are collateral results of company and battalion associations.
From The Galaxy, June 1877 Vol. XXIII.—June, 1877.—No. 6. by Various
