precise

In a sentence

Six example sentences with precise, each labelled with its topic.

• Focusing manually on the hummingbird's eye demanded such steady hands that only one frame came out precise.

  Photography

• Macarons collapse unless the sugar and egg white weights are precise, so bakers weigh every gram on a scale.

  Cooking

• Her free throw routine is so precise that the ball leaves her fingertips at the same angle every single time.

  Basketball

• The new balance is precise to a millionth of a gram, and a fingerprint on the pan will throw off the reading.

  Science

• The contract's precise wording, delivery within thirty calendar days, left no room to argue about weekends.

  Law

• The drummer's timing is so precise that the producer stopped using a click track for the whole album.

  Music

Found in these word lists

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More Academic words

• definitely
• apparent
• majority
• selected
• element
• facility
• credits
• distinction
• network
• complement
• obtain
• edition