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.

Examples of to be exact in a Sentence

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This also means sole proprietors who have never established a formal business structure for their company are not required to file the BOI form. CPA Johan Garcia points out that there are some exemptions that apply to certain types of companies — 23 in total to be exact. —Robert Farrington, Forbes, 17 Sep. 2024

Last week, an overwhelming majority of Boeing's some 33,000 members of the machinist union — 94.6% to be exact — rejected the company's tentative contract and even more — 96% — voted to walk off the job. —Juliana Kim, NPR, 16 Sep. 2024

There is something so campy about being inside a church on the Upper West Side while a model struts the runway in an orange feather wig (the Fourth Universalist Society in the City of New York, to be exact). —Julissa James, Los Angeles Times, 13 Sep. 2024

The majority of people in the U.S. – 62%, to be exact– think Trump is too old to be president, according to a February ABC News/IPSOS poll. —Kara Alaimo, TIME, 6 Sep. 2024