How to Use accuracy in a Sentence

accuracy

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  • He could not say with any accuracy what he had seen.
  • The police questioned the accuracy of his statement.
  • Several managers have tried to increase the speed and accuracy of the workers.
  • Each experiment is performed twice to ensure accuracy.
  • But when people were trained to reward accuracy, accurate stories were shared at roughly three times the rate of false ones, even though there was no longer a reward for doing so.
    — John Timmer, Ars Technica, 23 Jan. 2023
  • To get a sense of the accuracy of this research, the authors first compared charts pulled from the documents with data on historical observations.
    — Dharna Noor, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Jan. 2023
  • This could cause additional issues, since doctors cannot verify accuracy against the source material.
    — Benj Edwards, WIRED, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Spielberg would of course be the best judge of the accuracy of Williams’ portrayal of Mitzi Fabelman, a character based on his mother.
    — Charles McNultytheater Critic, Los Angeles Times, 23 Jan. 2023
  • There was no concerted effort to adhere to the tone of more recent Venom comics, to push for an R-rating, or to make films in the effort of fan service and comic book accuracy.
    — Richard Newby, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 Oct. 2024
  • But there is reason to doubt the accuracy of what Side told the lender.
    — Matt Hamilton, Los Angeles Times, 30 June 2024
  • As for the accuracy of the video’s advice, most of it is true, the first captain said.
    — Monica Pitrelli, CNBC, 5 Sep. 2024
  • The good news: the accuracy of the sleep tracker was undiminished by the workout.
    — Alex Hutchinson, Outside Online, 3 Oct. 2024
  • The accuracy is uncanny, from the delivery to the beauty details — the makeup, the hair, and even the nails.
    — Marci Robin, Allure, 31 Oct. 2023
  • But that’s where all the pleasure lies: on a construction like that and the care of it and the accuracy of it and the delicacy of it and the power of it.
    — David Marchese David Marchese Photograph By Mamadi Doumbouya, New York Times, 10 Nov. 2023
  • Doubts about the accuracy and value of polling are widely shared across Biden’s White House team.
    — Toluse Olorunnipa, Washington Post, 16 July 2024
  • And in general, accuracy rates in the study varied quite a bit by the type of gesture.
    — Ingrid Wickelgren, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The accuracy of blood tests will likely vary based on the type of cancer and the organs in which they’re located.
    — Charlotte Hu, Vox, 4 June 2024
  • Technics knows that accuracy is the name of the game for audiophiles.
    — Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 9 Sep. 2024
  • Rogers has the leg to extend that accuracy beyond 50 yards.
    — Joseph Hoyt, Dallas News, 24 Aug. 2023
  • But the accuracy of that method has been put into question.
    — oregonlive, 19 Mar. 2023
  • The algorithm had a 93% success rate if the audio of the typing was recorded over Zoom and a 91% accuracy rate with Skype.
    — Christopher Hutton, Washington Examiner, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Though Jones’ points, rebounds, assists and steals per game have gone up, the accuracy of her shot raised questions.
    — Marisa Ingemi, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Mar. 2023
  • This gives the Leopard 2 a high level of accuracy while shooting on the move, or a spill-free delivery of a stein filled with beer.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 26 Jan. 2023
  • The tool is trained on math textbooks and was tested with more than 90% accuracy, Patria says.
    — Steph Solis, Axios, 17 Sep. 2024
  • It's got enough power for most tasks and projects, plenty of ports, and a bright touchscreen with great color accuracy.
    — Scott Gilbertson, WIRED, 26 Nov. 2023
  • Your accuracy has to be high because in a reverberant space, the room will cover up a certain amount of sins, but in a dead space that's just not the case.
    — Eric E. Harrison, Arkansas Online, 9 Apr. 2023
  • This process is less effective, and accuracies have begun to creep in.
    — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 6 Nov. 2023
  • The only mistake Fitzgerald made was with the accuracy of his throw, Melvin said, not his intention.
    — Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 6 Sep. 2024
  • The audio appears to confirm the accuracy of those reports.
    — Graham Kates, CBS News, 26 June 2023
  • While a saw and miter box does the trick for one-off cuts, a high-quality table saw slices through wood quickly and with a higher degree of accuracy.
    — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 21 Apr. 2023

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