Exactly one year ago today vs Exactly one year old now

The phrase 'exactly one year ago today' is correct and commonly used to refer to something that happened exactly one year before the current date. On the other hand, 'exactly one year old now' is not correct in this context. It would be used to describe the age of a person or thing that is one year old at the present moment.

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Exactly one year ago today

This phrase is correct and commonly used to refer to something that happened exactly one year before the current date.

This phrase is used to indicate that an event or situation occurred precisely one year prior to the current day.

Examples:

Exactly one year ago today, we went on a memorable trip.
Exactly one year ago today, I started my new job.
Exactly one year ago today, we adopted our pet.
Exactly one year ago today, we moved into our new house.
Exactly one year ago today, we celebrated our anniversary.

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Exactly one year ago today, at the employment office -
We killed her exactly one year ago today.
Do you remember exactly one year ago today when you did not have a gift for your grandfather and it killed him just a little, so I suggested you start interviewing all the members of the family for a video tribute?
Exactly one year ago today he made this call.
Exactly one year ago today he made this call.
I understand that exactly one year ago today you left Anya at the altar.
I'm standing at the very spot where Connor was found crucified exactly one year ago today on Christmas Eve.
After the 40 days of Lent were over, the 6th of May came - exactly one year ago today - and I knew that Rosário would not live through the night.

Exactly one year old now

This phrase is not correct in this context. It would be used to describe the age of a person or thing that is one year old at the present moment.

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Exactly one year old now
In fact, it was exactly one year ago that I began my service as a volunteer for ATS pro Terra Sancta with those who have now become "my" dear old ladies, residents in the rest home of the Antonian Charitable Society in Bethlehem.
A mother of a three-year-old daughter and a one-year old son, she says their modest neighborhood in Cairo is all they can afford.
In May one-year-old and two-year-old elks keep separately, a telny uterus goes to deaf places.
We killed her exactly one year ago today.
He got that tattoo exactly one year after we met.
Exactly one year ago today he made this call.
Exactly one year ago today he made this call.
You'll go back exactly one year.
In October 1969 and again exactly one year later attempts were made to blow up the statue.
He got that tattoo exactly one year after we met.
And I returned exactly one year later.
Exactly one year after its inauguration, the Köpenick city hall became famous practically overnight.
Today Svyatkin's son turned one year old.
A married virgin with a one-year old son.
She did this when she was one years old.
These oysters are one year old.
This is a temporary facility for those under one year old.
Lived in Upper Darby, had a one-year-old.
In pregnant women and children less than one year old, antibiotics are recommended within six weeks of symptom onset.
When he passed away he was one year old.

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