Sentence examples for imprecise things from inspiring English sources

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The earliest watches — imprecise things, with only an hour hand — were considered jewelry and were worn as pendants or brooches.

Institutions certainly matter, but the full measurement of their sufficiency reflects some maddeningly imprecise things, such as public perception of them, and whether, at any given moment, the urgency of reform outweighs the inertia of the status quo.

The simple truth is that prejudice, racism, xenophobia, ignorance, are all by definition imprecise things when it comes down to specific acts of violence.

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"It's an imprecise thing," Mr. Bewkes said.

Economic forecasting is necessarily imprecise: too many things happen for forecasters to be able to foresee all of them.

My word-fishing has irritated me to the point that instead of moving on and settling for a more imprecise word ("thing" is a tempting stand-in), I sometimes stop and wallow in my frustration, even soliciting the help of my listener.

That is too imprecise.

Immigration figures are notoriously imprecise.

Such estimates are notoriously imprecise.

The phenomenology of dreaming remains surprisingly imprecise.

The exact origins of Bear Hunt are imprecise.

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