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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Only 884 of them took aid-in-dying drugs, fewer than 1% of all deaths (a tiny 0.30%, to be exact).
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Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 25 Mar. 2025
In a recent Instagram Reel promoting her show, Magnolia Table, Gaines wore three blouses with the same pretty detail: puff sleeves, to be exact.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
There are 22 college basketball games on Saturday, to be exact, and 11 different teams will punch tickets to the tournament next week.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Well, spoiler alert, the answer is Eugene O’Neill, who died in 1941, and his autobiographical play is set more than a century ago — in 1912, to be exact.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025
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Teri Sforza, Orange County Register, 25 Mar. 2025
In a recent Instagram Reel promoting her show, Magnolia Table, Gaines wore three blouses with the same pretty detail: puff sleeves, to be exact.
—Jamie Allison Sanders, People.com, 21 Mar. 2025
There are 22 college basketball games on Saturday, to be exact, and 11 different teams will punch tickets to the tournament next week.
—Mark Davis, Newsweek, 15 Mar. 2025
Well, spoiler alert, the answer is Eugene O’Neill, who died in 1941, and his autobiographical play is set more than a century ago — in 1912, to be exact.
—Matthew J. Palm, Orlando Sentinel, 12 Mar. 2025
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“To be exact.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20be%20exact. Accessed 1 Apr. 2025.
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