as in particular
hard to please
a newspaper who's old-fashionedly finical about proper grammar
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Recent Examples of finical
However, finical institution Citi is the official presale credit card of the headliner engagements, and Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets a week earlier, from Tuesday, May 18 at 10AM PST to Sunday, May 23 at 10 PM PST through the Citi Entertainment program.
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Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 13 May 2021
The finical, fanatical, reciprocal chiselling of mind and matter.
—Christian Wiman, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 13 May 2021
The finical, fanatical, reciprocal chiselling of mind and matter.
—Christian Wiman, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for finical
Adjective
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Many items are selling fast in particular colors, and some are retiring once they’re sold out.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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Butters in particular kills it, going from surfer chick to worrying mom clutching a glass of crisp white wine, frantically trying to save her engagement while stuck inside the body of a teenager.—
Angie Martoccio,
Rolling Stone,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Navigating this revolution responsibly requires careful policy, support for adaptation and a focus on using technology to benefit people.—
Vaibhav Dani,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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The simplest activities now require careful advance planning.—
Barbara Bry,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Another layer of pastry sits atop the mixture and is covered in crystal sugar, which adds a nice sweetness to contrast the tart filling, as well as a delicate crunch in each bite.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
7 Aug. 2025
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Viewing records make for nice headlines but wider distribution also mean big business.—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The machines — hulking, finicky steel beasts — date to the early 1940s.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
27 June 2025
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The new process works well enough, but the reader can be finicky.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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The swashbuckling sire, the deadpan ingénue, the sans serif font, the one-point perspective — Anderson’s held fast to his favorite elements even as his canvases have gotten broader and his style even more fastidious.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
18 May 2025
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This is true of people who don’t bathe and also people who are fastidious about bathing and douse themselves in cologne, and everyone else in between.—
R. Eric Thomas,
Chicago Tribune,
29 June 2025
Adjective
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The princess line reached its apogee around the turn of the century, in the creations of Jean-Philippe for the House of Worth’s most exacting and original client, Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay, a.k.a.—
Leslie Camhi,
New Yorker,
25 July 2025
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the more exacting standard raises questions about whether Tennessee’s law would survive.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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Baldwin has done it while playing the most difficult and demanding position on the diamond, mentally in terms of daily meetings and film study, and physically from the toll of working beneath pads in the summer heat and getting nicked up from foul tips, collisions and occasional wayward swings.—
David O'Brien,
New York Times,
14 Aug. 2025
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This has come as a result of America being too demanding and being very political.—
Amira El-Fekki,
MSNBC Newsweek,
13 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Over the years, she’s learned how to turn picky eaters into adventurous ones.—
Symiah Dorsey,
Southern Living,
14 Aug. 2025
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For parents navigating naps, picky eaters and sandy swimsuits, the all-inclusive model can be the ultimate travel hack.—
Michelle Stansbury,
Forbes.com,
9 Aug. 2025
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“Finical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finical. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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