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as in accurate
being in agreement with the truth or a fact or a standard
for an inside mount for window blinds, your measurements had better be spot-on
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as in precise
meeting the highest standard of accuracy
a spot-on prediction of the movie's gross on its opening weekend
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Recent Examples of spot-on
Mary Harron’s American Psycho owes a debt to the spot-on evisceration of the hollow, nihilistic corporate culture that Nichols lampoons here.
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EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
That takes the group’s claim from spot-on to off-base.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
Or what about the spot-on intro, pre-commercial teases, and insanely bright lighting?
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2024
The rest of the cast is spot-on, with Wai a particular standout as the troubled daughter whose frustrations and disappointments guide the story to a rousing finale that’s bound to make lists of memorable movie funeral scenes.
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
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EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
That takes the group’s claim from spot-on to off-base.
—Madeline Heim, Journal Sentinel, 30 Oct. 2024
Or what about the spot-on intro, pre-commercial teases, and insanely bright lighting?
—Proma Khosla, IndieWire, 29 Oct. 2024
The rest of the cast is spot-on, with Wai a particular standout as the troubled daughter whose frustrations and disappointments guide the story to a rousing finale that’s bound to make lists of memorable movie funeral scenes.
—Richard Kuipers, Variety, 29 Oct. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for spot-on
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Combining genetics with historical information and archeological evidence allows researchers to paint both a more complete and more accurate picture, and demonstrates how teamwork from different disciplines can unearth rich, complex stories.Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 7 Nov. 2024
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This is where the LG G4 really excels, with colors that are just as accurate and much closer to covering the full digital cinema color space.PCMAG, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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Photoshop started the digital image manipulation revolution more than 30 years ago, and Adobe's groundbreaking application continues to be the best photo editing software money can buy (or rent, to be more precise).PCMAG, PCMAG, 12 Nov. 2024
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Forced back into combat, Billie Jean sets traps and executes precise strikes to outwit the attackers.Alex Ritman, Variety, 5 Nov. 2024
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If Lynch is correct, and McCaffrey’s legs are, too, this team will make the playoffs and push for the title.Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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This indicator was also correct about the prior two Trump races.Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Nov. 2024
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Routing of traffic is essential and currently tends to be solved via symbolic or traditional mathematical means.Lance Eliot, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
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But his instinct is that the deeper mathematical description of nature from which space-time emerges will touch all of physics in some way, even with the mildest of ripples.Charlie Wood, WIRED, 3 Nov. 2024
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The movie’s true set pieces are the professorial villain’s ostentatious monologues using fast food, musical plagiarism, and Monopoly as metaphors to point out how modern religions are just conspicuous iterations of what’s come before.Nicholas Quah, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
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However, our Editors’ Choice, GameMaker, does a better job balancing consumer convenience with true professional game development potential.PCMAG, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Washington has been very close — but not good enough — against the best competition on its schedule.Rohan Nadkarni, NBC News, 14 Nov. 2024
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They are gone, presumably for good, a full 21 months before the end of Lo’s two-year lease.Suzanne Seggerman, Curbed, 14 Nov. 2024
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“Spot-on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/spot-on. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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