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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A day like Sunday – a third quarter like Sunday’s, to be precise – is great for morale.
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Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 25 May 2025
Apart from the high-severity vulnerability that exists and all Chrome users are potentially vulnerable to exploitation until such a time, to be precise, when the rest of us can receive protection.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
The other iconic activity here is a boat tour—the Grand Tour, to be precise.
—Jacqueline Kehoe, AFAR Media, 21 May 2025
And then there was one: Forest’s No 1, to be precise.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 20 May 2025
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Jim Alexander, Oc Register, 25 May 2025
Apart from the high-severity vulnerability that exists and all Chrome users are potentially vulnerable to exploitation until such a time, to be precise, when the rest of us can receive protection.
—Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 22 May 2025
The other iconic activity here is a boat tour—the Grand Tour, to be precise.
—Jacqueline Kehoe, AFAR Media, 21 May 2025
And then there was one: Forest’s No 1, to be precise.
—Paul Taylor, New York Times, 20 May 2025
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“To be precise.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/to%20be%20precise. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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