meticulosity

noun

Definition of meticulositynext
as in attention
strict attentiveness to what one is doing the meticulosity with which she placed each piece of china, crystal, and silver on the table

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  1. attention
  2. care
  3. precision
  4. concentration
  5. conscientiousness
  6. heed
  7. effort
Noun
  • The incident, now under investigation, has drawn attention to maritime security and raised tensions between Beijing and European capitals, according to The Wall Street Journal.
    Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 28 Nov. 2024
  • The Russian president said Trump’s remarks on the campaign trail about restoring relations with Russia were worthy of attention.
    Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of attention
Noun
  • With intention and care, security and privacy are achievable at scale, anywhere.
    Sean McElroy, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Zoo veterinary and animal care staff humanely euthanized Mac on Tuesday.
    Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of care
Noun
  • For wine lovers, this technological evolution means that their favorite bottles are being crafted with unprecedented precision and care while maintaining the creativity and human touch that makes each vintage unique.
    Bernard Marr, Forbes, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Whether Muncie is sitting at a dingy motel smoking a joint in a hoodie or running through the forest with henchmen in hot pursuit, Domingo is constantly lit and framed with a precision normally reserved for a Tom Cruise or the industry’s Timothée Chalamet of the Week.
    Daniel Fienberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of precision
Noun
  • Rahat Huq is an attorney with concentration upon public finance and tax.
    Rahat Huq, Forbes, 28 Nov. 2024
  • Prior research from Gracheva and colleagues found that hibernating squirrels keep their blood concentrations of ions like salt at consistent levels, about equal to those of active squirrels, by seriously conserving water and sequestering ions elsewhere in the body.
    Lauren Leffer, Popular Science, 28 Nov. 2024
Definition of concentration
Noun
  • Manage your outsourced relationship actively—it'll take conscientiousness and work!
    Randy Wong, Forbes, 15 Oct. 2024
  • Lead is also associated with higher levels of ADHD, less agreeableness and conscientiousness, and higher levels of neuroticism.
    Dylan Matthews, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
Definition of conscientiousness
Noun
  • The city’s famously progressive voters took heed, refusing the tax by a 2-to-1 margin.
    Sammy Roth, Los Angeles Times, 21 Nov. 2024
  • Texans need to take heed, watch their local officials, and prepare today and tomorrow before the storm makes landfall early Monday morning.
    Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 7 July 2024
Definition of heed
Noun
  • The scholar Risa Brooks has written that these are efforts to create a military coalition committed to keeping him in office.
    Kori Schake, The Atlantic, 30 Nov. 2024
  • Weiss anticipates that federal wildlife officials will once again try to strip protections, and there may be efforts made in Congress as well.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 30 Nov. 2024
Definition of effort
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