Do I Need the Exact Keyword in My Article?

I was searching for some programming query the other day and like I was searching for like tabs in the search results were all about tables. So actually showed me like incorrect results based on my query because I thought I wanted something else. Google is smart to figure out what you want, but it doesn't need exact keyword matches. Overall advice, just like right helpful content, weave in the keywords naturally. Just don't keyword stuff. And just kind of cover the topic thoroughly and match the search intent.