Example Sentences

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
Recent Examples of exactitude The bones of superb physical antics are there, but the best farce approaches it with the exactitude of an Olympic gymnastics routine. Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 1 Aug. 2024 Likewise, reading old C code feels like engaging in the hermeneutics of ancient script, while Coq demands the exactitude of proving mathematical theorems. Sheon Han, WIRED, 4 Mar. 2024 There were notable practitioners in the generation before him (Patrick Leigh Fermor, Jan Morris, Norman Lewis, and Ryszard Kapuściński spring to mind), but Raban’s brilliantly digressive, sometimes confessional style—with its descriptive exactitude and sardonic undertow—signaled new possibilities. Colin Thubron, The New York Review of Books, 19 Jan. 2023 The Troisgros kitchen combines the experimental exactitude of a laboratory with the creative spirit of an artist’s studio and the tensely expectant energy of the wings of a theatre, and Wiseman is alive to it all. Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 21 Nov. 2023 See All Example Sentences for exactitude
Recent Examples of Synonyms for exactitude
Noun
  • Beyond accuracy and trust, AI raises deeper concerns about control over food system data.
    Daphne Ewing-Chow, Forbes, 18 Mar. 2025
  • The Flames might be the highest-upside mid-major in the field thanks to their prowess at both knocking down 3's (Liberty is No. 5 nationally in 3-point accuracy at 39.5 percent on 27 3PA per game) and defending the perimeter.
    David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • From empowering corporations with actionable emissions data to forging partnerships like the Retail Sustainability Collective, Weiss illuminates how businesses can approach the energy transition with clarity, precision and purpose.
    Arthur Zaczkiewicz, WWD, 21 Mar. 2025
  • Bogdanovich establishes these characters and sets them in motion, whisking them through musical numbers that mix and match the lovers in alternating romantic permutations with a mathematical precision that contrasts beautifully with the uncontrollable chaos of the emotions at stake.
    Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 20 Mar. 2025
Noun
  • Add a cherry to the center of each pineapple ring for party perfection.
    Jenna Sims, Southern Living, 13 Mar. 2025
  • Lou breaks apart the veneer of narrative perfection, in order to show where the power lies.
    Richard Brody, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2025

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

“Exactitude.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exactitude. Accessed 28 Mar. 2025.

More from Merriam-Webster on exactitude

Last Updated: - Updated example sentences
Love words? Need even more definitions?

Subscribe to America's largest dictionary and get thousands more definitions and advanced search—ad free!