How to Use accurately in a Sentence

accurately

adverb
  • Or more accurately out in front and to the side of the plate.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Or maybe more accurately, more old school.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 1 Apr. 2026
  • Skunks are able to spray accurately up to about 10 feet or more.
    — Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 24 Apr. 2026
  • This week, Gaetz shut up—or, more accurately, he was shut up.
    — Matt Laslo, WIRED, 13 Oct. 2023
  • Or, more accurately, in this case, rats.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Shostakovich’s music takes form and brings life, or more accurately, death, to the short.
    — Kevin Giraud, Variety, 27 Mar. 2026
  • But these things are hard to predict accurately.
    — Jack Ewing, New York Times, 2 June 2026
  • Here's what to know about the real-life case and how accurately the film depicts it.
    — Emily Blackwood, PEOPLE, 29 May 2026
  • Sleep — or more accurately, the lack of it — has been such an impactful part of our lives.
    — Dr. Joseph D'orazio, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The sun and moon’s clash prevents you from accurately reading the room.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Now scientists could make more edits to the genome in one go and do so more accurately to boot.
    — Shi En Kim, Scientific American, 11 Oct. 2023
  • As a mom, my entryway can be more accurately described as a drop zone.
    — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Finding the best sun shade sail for you means accurately assessing the needs of your space.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 19 June 2026
  • Or, more accurately, the times.
    — Michael Deeds, Idaho Statesman, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Be open and detailed about your pain so your doctor can accurately assess your health.
    — Maryam Jameel, ProPublica, 3 June 2024
  • Pixar creators take time to study the subjects of their films to portray them accurately.
    — Elizabeth Hernandez, Denver Post, 16 Apr. 2026
  • To find out, the researchers needed to accurately map the cosmic web over time.
    — Mark Popinchalk, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2024
  • While often referred to as white peacocks, the birds are more accurately known as white peafowl.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 26 June 2026
  • There are many ways to accurately describe Björk.
    — Max Berlinger, Vogue, 8 May 2026
  • These raw figures need two adjustments to accurately track trends in coins lost.
    — Jay L. Zagorsky, The Conversation, 20 May 2024
  • As if by hex, the room — or more accurately, the customer-service desk — went quiet.
    — Nora Deligter, Curbed, 6 Mar. 2026
  • No one has ever seen — or, perhaps more accurately, heard — him like this before.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 17 June 2026
  • Even the best predictions can only accurately be made a few days or even hours in advance.
    — Anthony Robledo, USA TODAY, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Even the best predictions can only accurately be made a few days or even hours in advance.
    — Doyle Rice, USA TODAY, 18 May 2024
  • Or, more accurately, to keep trying to put good at-bats together.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
  • And for that matter, how could adults accurately account for such ordeals?
    — Emily Watlington, ARTnews.com, 24 May 2026
  • What’s unique is that the stories aren’t captured accurately.
    — Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 12 June 2026
  • The singer would enter the ball — or, more accurately, it was inflated around him — and rock it a bit about the stage.
    — Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Even the best predictions can only accurately be made a few days or even hours in advance.
    — John Tufts, IndyStar, 8 Dec. 2025
  • But lots of people are hoping to make money off of accurately guessing how the evening plays out.
    — Kinsey Crowley, USA Today, 23 Feb. 2026

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