pains·tak·ing
ˈpān-ˌstā-kiŋ 
: taking pains : expending, showing, or involving diligent care and effort
painstaking research
painstaking tasks
painstaking accuracy
: the action of taking pains : diligent care and effort
… greater painstaking to achieve incidental verisimilitude and accuracy of detail …—
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Adjective
The book describes the election process in painstaking detail.
she was always painstaking about her work
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Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
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But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said coming to an agreement on peace with Ukraine is likely to be a long and painstaking process.
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Adjective
This painstaking level of attention continues through the process of creating all of the desserts.
—Connie Ogle, Miami Herald, 27 June 2025
The tactics needed to overcome these entrenched and dangerous attitudes require slow and painstaking work on multiple fronts.
—Trickleup, Forbes.com, 2 June 2025
But Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said coming to an agreement on peace with Ukraine is likely to be a long and painstaking process.
—Isabel Van Brugen, MSNBC Newsweek, 26 May 2025
The painstaking process of reassembling these fragments has been a monumental undertaking, experts say, akin to solving an immense historical puzzle.
—Willem Marx, NPR, 20 June 2025
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“Painstaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/painstaking. Accessed 13 Jul. 2025.
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