as in meticulous
taking, showing, or involving great care and effort
she was always painstaking about her work
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Recent Examples of painstaking
Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2025
Created in 1958 by Lady Susana Walton—wife of British composer, Sir William Walton—with the help of English garden designer Russell Page, the breathtaking sanctuary reflects her five-decade devotion to its painstaking cultivation.
—Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Expected to last from a year to 15 months, the project entails three painstaking phases, which typically would have been carried out behind closed doors.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 30 July 2025
But Peskov has said coming to an agreement on peace with Ukraine is likely to be a painstaking and long process.
—Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
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Noun
Creating a daguerreotype was a delicate, sometimes painstaking process that involved several chemical treatments and variable exposure times.
—Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 June 2025
Created in 1958 by Lady Susana Walton—wife of British composer, Sir William Walton—with the help of English garden designer Russell Page, the breathtaking sanctuary reflects her five-decade devotion to its painstaking cultivation.
—Alexandra Kirkman, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Expected to last from a year to 15 months, the project entails three painstaking phases, which typically would have been carried out behind closed doors.
—Brendan Ruberry, semafor.com, 30 July 2025
But Peskov has said coming to an agreement on peace with Ukraine is likely to be a painstaking and long process.
—Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for painstaking
Adjective
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DeVille’s book is a meticulous recounting of that twee and heady era.—
Spencer Kornhaber,
The Atlantic,
29 Aug. 2025
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Notable outerwear includes the Cliffwood Wool & Waterproof Silk Vest, Sandhill Waterproof Silk Vest, and Hudson Down & Suede Jacket, all crafted from premium materials and featuring meticulous workmanship.—
Cassell Ferere,
Forbes.com,
26 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Understanding the Internal Operating System Many successful people operate on the assumption that more effort, more hours, and more aggressive strategies will inevitably create results.—
Wyles Daniel,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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Despite pouring millions into the ecosystem, corporate innovation efforts often fail to deliver real, measurable ROI.—
Michael Johnson,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Gearbox has always been careful to say that Borderlands is not going live service for 4 here, despite that being a pretty common trend to chase.—
Paul Tassi,
Forbes.com,
30 Aug. 2025
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But the movie is careful to concentrate just as much on his art and all the complications that entailed.—
Chris Willman,
Variety,
30 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The town of Porter strives to be conscientious about the environment, so the town officials were excited about the possibility of offering more charging stations for public use.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
23 Aug. 2025
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The study participants consistently associated being calm, conscientious, universalistic, agreeable, warm, secure, traditional and conforming with being a good person, more than with being a cool person.—
Jacqueline Howard,
CNN Money,
4 July 2025
Noun
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Each is still operational and highlights the persistence of spaceflight to withstand political volatility, but new Earth science projects could be vulnerable.—
Josh Dinner,
Space.com,
20 Aug. 2025
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While recent declines in overall crime are encouraging, the persistence of high carjacking levels and a violent crime rate exceeding that of every state and many cities show that more can be done to make D.C. safer.—
John R. Lott Jr,
The Orlando Sentinel,
16 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Long Story Short bounces back and forth through time — going as far back as the Fifties, and as recent as the present day — to tell the story of a loving but dysfunctional Jewish American family.—
Alan Sepinwall,
Rolling Stone,
22 Aug. 2025
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Patricia Heaton played his wife, Debra, along with Brad Garrett as his brother Robert, and Peter Boyle and Doris Roberts as his loving but overbearing parents.—
Christina Dugan Ramirez , Larry Fink,
FOXNews.com,
19 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Imagine automating your invoicing, email replies or appointment scheduling with an AI that operates like a diligent virtual assistant, and doing it without sending any data to the cloud or paying per-action fees.—
Eleanor Pringle,
Fortune,
20 Aug. 2025
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Here is an opportunity to compliment and recognize your neighbors for their diligent work on maintaining their property.—
Andrea Manes,
Oc Register,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Painstaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/painstaking. Accessed 3 Sep. 2025.
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