How to Use exactly in a Sentence

exactly

adverb
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  • The levers need to be exactly positioned.
  • That's exactly what the guys did as soon as Tran left the room.
    — Hannah Kirby, Journal Sentinel, 6 Aug. 2024
  • That’s exactly what Ellie and Zach bring to the bake-off in the U.S.
    — Marlow Stern, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2023
  • For the past 35 years, that’s exactly what Robb Report has done, with its Best of the Best awards.
    — Paul Croughton, Robb Report, 18 June 2023
  • How, exactly, would Lashley and the rest of The Hurt Business fit in?
    — Blake Oestriecher, Forbes, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The skewer is exactly as the name suggests: three munchkins on a stick.
    — Sabrina Weiss, Peoplemag, 20 Feb. 2024
  • However, with a record of 48-32, that's exactly where the team stands.
    — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 29 June 2023
  • For the most part, no two letters are rendered in exactly the same way.
    — Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 12 Sep. 2024
  • The film is exactly 3 hours long and is about the creation of the atomic bomb through the Manhattan Project.
    — Dina Kaur, The Arizona Republic, 21 July 2023
  • What's even more special is that the phase was exactly π.
    — Charles D. Brown Ii, Scientific American, 16 May 2023
  • So, why exactly will the duchess and the Sussex kids miss the coronation?
    — Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 13 Apr. 2023
  • Your Foot Type No two feet are exactly the same (even your own).
    — Samson McDougall, Health, 4 Aug. 2023
  • Here’s exactly how to keep your heart safe as the colder season creeps in.
    — Erica Sweeney, SELF, 30 Oct. 2023
  • Which towns and cities, exactly, have been sacked and plundered?
    — Paul Krugman, The Mercury News, 13 Mar. 2024
  • It was placed exactly where the hundred-foot steel tower that held the bomb once stood.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The maps can be exactly the same, but the Constitution must be obeyed.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 20 June 2024
  • And that’s exactly what happened, and that was the start of a downward spiral.
    — Jack Birle, Washington Examiner, 17 May 2023
  • Text the group chat and get packing because here’s exactly how to find cheap flights.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 5 June 2023
  • The best thing to do is exactly the opposite: Get more light, get out of bed, and get active.
    — Karen Pallarito, Health, 8 June 2024
  • There’s a good chance this is exactly what happened on your phone or iPad, too.
    — Chris Velazco, Washington Post, 8 Sep. 2023
  • And that is exactly what the whale was doing when the watchers spotted him.
    — Julia Daye, Sacramento Bee, 1 May 2024
  • In this era of concerts, the fan knows exactly what song is coming and when long before the performer hits the stage.
    — Mac Engel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 2 Mar. 2024
  • But what is the price, exactly, for genius and prestige?
    — Mark Athitakis, Los Angeles Times, 8 Apr. 2024
  • And that's exactly what folks are going to be looking for in '24.
    — NBC News, 5 Mar. 2023
  • It’s been living on the ranking for 16 weeks, so that means that exactly one-fourth of those frames have been spent in charge of the tally.
    — Hugh McIntyre, Forbes, 17 Aug. 2024
  • The bakery walls were painted three times to get the color exactly right.
    — Khushbu Shah, Los Angeles Times, 20 Apr. 2024
  • But no two people process loss in exactly the same way.
    — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 14 Jan. 2024
  • But the chunks of tomato were way too big, which threw the ratio off (which is exactly what Jimmy’s got just right).
    — The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2024
  • How the astronauts will spend their time So what exactly would Williams and Wilmore do for another four or five months in space?
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 24 Oct. 2024
  • So what really struck me was how wonderful his extended family was in telling you exactly the story, and it couldn’t have been done without them.
    — Chris Willman, Variety, 24 Oct. 2024

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