to be exact
idiom
—used to indicate that a statement is accurate and specific
that afternoon, June 22, to be exact
They had many children—seven, to be exact.
He came a long way—from Nome, Alaska, to be exact—to attend the wedding.
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Other key ingredients, like soy milk and banana, contribute to that final count, but the biggest player by far is the beans—a half-cup of them, to be exact.
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Caroline Tien, SELF, 8 Apr. 2025
How about changing it to Alaska – where the ratio of unmarried men to women is the highest in the country (117 available men for every 100 women, to be exact).
—Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Clark Hunt has been here before—four times in the last five years, to be exact.
—Bette Canter, Sportico.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Only 884 of them took aid-in-dying drugs, fewer than 1% of all deaths (a tiny 0.30%, to be exact).
—Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 25 Mar. 2025
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Caroline Tien, SELF, 8 Apr. 2025
How about changing it to Alaska – where the ratio of unmarried men to women is the highest in the country (117 available men for every 100 women, to be exact).
—Sara Chernikoff, USA TODAY, 14 Feb. 2025
Clark Hunt has been here before—four times in the last five years, to be exact.
—Bette Canter, Sportico.com, 8 Feb. 2025
Only 884 of them took aid-in-dying drugs, fewer than 1% of all deaths (a tiny 0.30%, to be exact).
—Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for to be exact
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“To be exact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20be%20exact. Accessed 16 Apr. 2025.
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