to be precise
idiom
—used to indicate that a statement is accurate and specific
one night in early summer—June 22, to be precise
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Actually, to be precise, more than one, and that’s where the issue arose.
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Sam Lee and Thom Harris dissect the key talking points…
Hat-trick Haaland
Three goals in little over three minutes — 191 seconds to be precise — secured this one for City (that’s actual game time because there was a lengthy VAR delay to check the penalty that eventually led to their equaliser).
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
Dine on Dozens of Alabama Coast Oysters In the endless struggle for superiority between East Coast and West Coast oysters, Alabama and its neighbors present a third challenger—the Gulf Coast oyster, to be precise.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
This year’s Eagle Rare 17-Year-Old Bourbon was distilled in the spring of 2017, and is actually 17 years and four months old to be precise (remember, the age statement indicates the youngest liquid in the bottle).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
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Davey Winder, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
Sam Lee and Thom Harris dissect the key talking points…
Hat-trick Haaland
Three goals in little over three minutes — 191 seconds to be precise — secured this one for City (that’s actual game time because there was a lengthy VAR delay to check the penalty that eventually led to their equaliser).
—Sam Lee, The Athletic, 24 Aug. 2024
Dine on Dozens of Alabama Coast Oysters In the endless struggle for superiority between East Coast and West Coast oysters, Alabama and its neighbors present a third challenger—the Gulf Coast oyster, to be precise.
—Jared Ranahan, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2024
This year’s Eagle Rare 17-Year-Old Bourbon was distilled in the spring of 2017, and is actually 17 years and four months old to be precise (remember, the age statement indicates the youngest liquid in the bottle).
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
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“To be precise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20be%20precise. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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