exact
adjective
strictly accurate or correct.
will exact
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future tenseof exact.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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Some 360,000 Israeli reservists have been called up for a war that enjoys broad support, despite fears it will exact a high military toll.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 6, 2023
Once the power outages begin, as in India, the heat waves will exact a grim toll.
From Salon ● Jul. 26, 2022
For years, leaders of the National Institutes of Health and others have warned Congress that it will exact an increasing human and financial toll.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 4, 2021
Khadijah Z. Ali-Coleman, a scholar who is working on a book about Black home schooling, said many Black parents fear that some traditional public schools will exact a mental and psychological toll on their children.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 27, 2021
Whatever fine Sujah Dowlah would have exacted I will exact.
From The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 11 (of 12) by Edmund Burke
