as in meticulous
taking, showing, or involving great care and effort
she was always painstaking about her work
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as in effort
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Recent Examples of painstaking
David McCall, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Instead, these problems require patient and painstaking work by the region’s governments, with greater involvement from their citizens.
—Frederic Wehrey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2024
Today’s launch came after more than 20 years of painstaking preparations.
—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2024
Hammer gets to don a hard hat and go into the cathedral, scheduled to reopen to the public this December, to view the results of five years of painstaking work.
—Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
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It’s taken decades of painstaking effort to rebuild America’s profitable steel industry, beat back unfair trade practices by countries like China and Japan, and position domestic steelmaking as a linchpin of U.S. national security.
—David McCall, Fortune, 4 Oct. 2024
Instead, these problems require patient and painstaking work by the region’s governments, with greater involvement from their citizens.
—Frederic Wehrey, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2024
Today’s launch came after more than 20 years of painstaking preparations.
—Nadia Drake, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2024
Hammer gets to don a hard hat and go into the cathedral, scheduled to reopen to the public this December, to view the results of five years of painstaking work.
—Longreads, 11 Oct. 2024
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After all, marketing and accounting are often seen as having opposite functions—the former dealing with creating work and the latter with meticulous number crunching.Vlad Rusz, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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This is a mere bit of history touched upon in The Art of Gracie, the latest volume narrated by family members who have overseen the meticulous manufacturing methods true to their business.Maya Ibbitson, Architectural Digest, 4 Nov. 2024
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In a larger effort, Hoskin and colleagues recently assessed the habitat ranges of 55 eastern Australian frog species, including 25 affected by Bd.Martin J. Kernan, Discover Magazine, 16 Nov. 2024
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So, for a third time, potential statewide rent controls lost — and by a similarly large margin as the other two efforts.Thomas Elias, The Mercury News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The researchers are careful to point out that this method was intended to work only with cooperative participants.Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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This process begins with careful curation and labeling of data before it's fed into AI models.Rehan Jalil, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Moving nuclear warheads during a conventional war is extremely dangerous behavior and would demonstrate that Russia is no longer a conscientious nuclear power.William M. Moon, Foreign Affairs, 5 Nov. 2024
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Having a conscientious personality is closely related to living longer, says David Watson, a former professor of personality psychology at the University of Notre Dame.Aditi Shrikant, CNBC, 31 Oct. 2024
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The adverse events related to older medications can lead to less patient persistence.Joshua P. Cohen, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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Now, researchers have taken a fresh look at the club to see what its persistence says about us as a society.Karen Kaplan, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2024
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Everyone has been so loving and welcoming, and has treated me with so much respect.Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 30 Oct. 2024
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The shelter team and Classic Canines have been working together to promote Big Red, hoping to place him in a warm and loving environment.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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The company prides itself on its diligent authentication process, ensuring that every item sold is 100% genuine.Kasey Caminiti, USA TODAY, 23 Oct. 2024
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As your wealth compounds, diligent legacy planning grows increasingly vital.Brian Niksa, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2024
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“Painstaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/painstaking. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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