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Six example sentences with accurate, each labelled with its topic.
The rookie's jumper stayed accurate from the corner all season, though almost nothing fell from the top of the key.
Basketball
The light meter proved accurate to within a third of a stop, matching the readings from the studio flash.
Photography
The minimap is accurate down to individual doorways, so players who trust it never walk into the wrong corridor.
Gaming
The new clock is accurate to one second in fifteen billion years, better than any instrument built before it.
Science
An accurate kitchen scale matters more than any gadget, since a bread recipe fails when the flour is off by a tenth.
Cooking
The ledger was accurate to the cent, and the auditors signed off in two days instead of the usual two weeks.
Finance
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