pains·tak·ing
ˈpān-ˌstā-kiŋ 
: taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort
painstaking research
painstaking tasks
painstaking accuracy
: the action of taking pains : diligent care and effort
… greater painstaking to achieve incidental verisimilitude and accuracy of detail …—
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Adjective
The book describes the election process in painstaking detail.
she was always painstaking about her work
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David Gilbert, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
The painstaking effort of combing through a company’s financials and ownership structure and analyzing the market sector happens off camera.
—Jordyn Holman, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2024
The attention to detail extended to the costume team, led by Catherine Rodríguez, which conducted painstaking research based mainly on the national records and on watercolors available from the time.
100 Years of Solitude is one of several huge launches for Netflix’s Lat-Am division.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
His painstaking efforts—which involved toting camera gear and traipsing through forests in snowshoes—were rewarded with this photograph of a resting lynx with its adult offspring standing behind it, sheltering from the wind.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
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Adjective
The handbook, reviewed by WIRED, is the result of months of painstaking work by Gifford and about seven others who make up the Volunteer Nevada! group, which is dedicated to election integrity efforts.
—David Gilbert, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
The painstaking effort of combing through a company’s financials and ownership structure and analyzing the market sector happens off camera.
—Jordyn Holman, New York Times, 18 Oct. 2024
The attention to detail extended to the costume team, led by Catherine Rodríguez, which conducted painstaking research based mainly on the national records and on watercolors available from the time.
100 Years of Solitude is one of several huge launches for Netflix’s Lat-Am division.
—Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 18 Oct. 2024
His painstaking efforts—which involved toting camera gear and traipsing through forests in snowshoes—were rewarded with this photograph of a resting lynx with its adult offspring standing behind it, sheltering from the wind.
—Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024
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“Painstaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/painstaking. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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