down to the smallest/last/tiniest detail

phrase

: taking into account even the smallest things
He planned the party down to the smallest/last/tiniest detail.

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These are customized down to the smallest detail, including lining type, tiebacks, and top styles. Nashia Baker, Architectural Digest, 31 Mar. 2026 For four days at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, Indiana, 318 collegiate athletes with NFL aspirations will have their athletic abilities, bodily measurements, and interpersonal skills tested, recorded, and evaluated down to the smallest detail. Gladys Louise Tyler, Forbes.com, 26 Feb. 2026 In all, as the house was designed down to the last detail to evolve in its feeling and mood over time, Morris Cove is an expression of the Modern tradition— Bates Masi’s East End Modern tradition. Richard Olsen, Forbes.com, 31 Jan. 2026 The new owners oversaw a top-to-toe upgrade of the century-old venue, sprucing up the seats and revamping the lobbies and bathrooms down to the tiniest detail. Helen Rosner, New Yorker, 25 Jan. 2026 Young fans as gamers, however, are looking for realism down to the smallest detail. Jason Jones, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2026 Every team in the league is now combing through your film in search of weakness down to the last detail. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 4 Nov. 2025 Fisher House Foundation President David Coker said that down to the last detail, the homes are built and decorated for the best experience possible during challenging times filled with stress and worry. Yadira Sanchez Olson, Chicago Tribune, 31 July 2025 These conservatives act as if the founders would approve of a system where bureaucrats determine the proper use of every tract in their communities and dictate what owners can do with their land down to the tiniest detail. Steven Greenhut, Oc Register, 11 July 2025

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“Down to the smallest/last/tiniest detail.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/down%20to%20the%20smallest%2Flast%2Ftiniest%20detail. Accessed 23 Jul. 2026.

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