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smack-dab

adverb

ˈsmak-ˈdab

Definition of smack-dab

as in right

as stated or indicated without the slightest difference made reservations at a restaurant that's smack-dab in the center of town

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Recent Examples of smack-dab An African nation bounded by the coast of the Mediterranean Sea to its north has prospered a kinship in a town located in a state literally smack-dab in the middle of America — a town whose new college football stadium is accented by light towers made to represent wheat. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 19 June 2026 The route traces nearly 18 miles of the Lakefront Trail—all of them scenic—with the fountain smack-dab in the middle. — Midwest Living, 12 June 2026 Two plays later, in that same game, safeties Hufanga and Brandon Jones ran smack-dab into each other and dropped another easy would-be interception from New York quarterback Jaxson Dart. — Luca Evans, Denver Post, 9 June 2026 The president is set to give an address updating Americans on the Iran war on the evening of April 1, right smack-dab in the middle of primetime TV. — Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 1 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for smack-dab

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Instant torque is wonderful right up until the rear tire decides to go left instead of forward.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 2 Sep. 2026
And a spectacle of unabashed, unpretentious joy sounds pretty good right about now doesn’t it?

— Jenny Bailly, Allure, 1 Sep. 2026

Definition of right

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But his record of publicly interacting with Piker — including at a pool party just before the primary — remains a sore point among some Michigan Democrats.

— Nicholas Wu, semafor.com, 27 Aug. 2026
Search and rescue efforts are only just beginning, and these first hours are filled with uncertainty, but also with hope.

— Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of just

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But Bama followed with a 38-3 quarterfinal flop to Indiana, erasing any momentum and placing DeBoer squarely under the microscope entering a pivotal third season.

— Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
The company falls squarely in the ultra-luxury tier while eschewing much of the fussiness that typifies other players in the space.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Aug. 2026

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