precise moment

collocation in English

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precise
adjective
uk
/prɪˈsaɪs/us
/prəˈsaɪs/
exact ...
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moment
noun
uk
/ˈməʊ.mənt/us
/ˈmoʊ.mənt/
a very short period ...
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(Definition ofpreciseandmomentfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofprecise moment

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Without evidence that a child knows the conventional name at theprecisemomentof labelling, the interpretation that children are making mistakes is still possible.
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However, in contradiction to the caption the second figure does not represent an instant after the explosion but theprecisemomentwhen it took place.
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At thatprecisemomentin time, he could not possibly have forecast the way in which his vision would be achieved.
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Suddenly, they would stop and everybody would be frozen and suspended, literally, with a collective intake of breath at aprecisemoment.
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The first tone appears at theprecisemomentof astronomical sunset, a moment that is both permanently fixed and changing daily.
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For me, there was aprecisemomentwhen this alternative first appeared.
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She reminds us that we cannot locate aprecisemomentor a clear catalyst dividing pristine community cohesion from internal fragmentation and differentiation.
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What happens next is a profound shock that comes at theprecisemomentthe camera makes its final move, settles on a face and a form.
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The possibility of 'real order' for mortal existence appears only at theprecisemomentthat a human presence occupies the station point of the 'illusionistic' quadrattura fresco.
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She received me cordially and spoke frankly (though she stood up at theprecisemomentthat a halfhour had passed, and walked out of the room leaving me in mid-sentence).
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Expectant mothers hate long journeys and hate being cut off from contact with their family doctors, especially at theprecisemomentof confinement.
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So that at theprecisemomentwhen we wanted them, we were between two stages.
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I cannot promise theprecisemomentat this time.
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It would be wrong of us arbitrarily to calculate that need at thisprecisemoment.
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If one were engaged in negotiations at thisprecisemoment, one would be tempted to say that this is not a particularly timely debate.
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Work is being undertaken at thisprecisemomentto try to ease the bottleneck.
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