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Examples of on-target in a Sentence
an economic forecast for three percent growth that turned out to be entirely on-target
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This allows Hubble to point within 10 degrees of a target, after which the observatory’s star trackers and then its fine guidance sensors each perform adjustments, ultimately sharpening its on-target aim to within 150 milliarcseconds.
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Lee Billings, Scientific American, 5 June 2024
Assuming an on-target splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on the next mission, Musk has said SpaceX could try landing a Super Heavy booster back at the launch pad in Texas as soon as the fifth test flight later this year.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 21 May 2024
From the surprisingly unglamorous locations (one romantic scene takes place at an Applebee’s outside Cincinnati) to the hilariously on-target corporate sponsorships, this steamy drama takes place amid a believable portrait of life on the tennis circuit.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2024
Rookie Kennedy Wesley logged the full 90 minutes as Girma’s replacement and assisted a defense that allowed no shots on goal in the first half or any on-target shots in the match to Uchenna Kanu, Racing Louisville’s top scorer.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2024
The homage is more on-target than its wearers realize.
—Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024
The first stage used for the rideshare mission, making its fifth flight, flew itself back to an on-target landing at Vandenberg after boosting the upper stage and payloads out of the lower atmosphere.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2024
Metz had several chances but only two on-target attempts.
—Samuel Petrequin, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2024
The return maneuver culminated in an on-target vertical landing a few miles south of the launch pad.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 26 Aug. 2023
Lee Billings, Scientific American, 5 June 2024
Assuming an on-target splashdown in the Gulf of Mexico on the next mission, Musk has said SpaceX could try landing a Super Heavy booster back at the launch pad in Texas as soon as the fifth test flight later this year.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 21 May 2024
From the surprisingly unglamorous locations (one romantic scene takes place at an Applebee’s outside Cincinnati) to the hilariously on-target corporate sponsorships, this steamy drama takes place amid a believable portrait of life on the tennis circuit.
—Nate Jones, Vulture, 25 Apr. 2024
Rookie Kennedy Wesley logged the full 90 minutes as Girma’s replacement and assisted a defense that allowed no shots on goal in the first half or any on-target shots in the match to Uchenna Kanu, Racing Louisville’s top scorer.
—Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Apr. 2024
The homage is more on-target than its wearers realize.
—Mattie Kahn, Vogue, 6 Mar. 2024
The first stage used for the rideshare mission, making its fifth flight, flew itself back to an on-target landing at Vandenberg after boosting the upper stage and payloads out of the lower atmosphere.
—William Harwood, CBS News, 4 Mar. 2024
Metz had several chances but only two on-target attempts.
—Samuel Petrequin, USA TODAY, 14 Jan. 2024
The return maneuver culminated in an on-target vertical landing a few miles south of the launch pad.
—Stephen Clark, Ars Technica, 26 Aug. 2023
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“On-target.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on-target. Accessed 4 Jul. 2024.
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