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- noun Plural form of
precisionist .
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Examples
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In regards to and with regards to are quite common in spoken English but much less so in edited English, where their appearance is apt to provoke flinches and howls of outrage from precisionists – except, of course, where an elliptical with regards to indicates personal consideration:
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It had occurred to him that it might be vaguely interesting to make a tour of the planet; the precisionists would expect him to document his account when he rejoined the human race.
The Battle of Forever Van Vogt, A. E. 1971
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As usual in such debates there has been a division between expansionists and contractionists, enthusiasts and precisionists.
The Mannerist Style Clark, Kenneth 1965
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The confoundedest outrages in this world are the capers that precisionists cut upon the bodies of the noble dead.
The Delicious Vice Young Ewing Allison 1892
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