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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Examples of painstaking in a Sentence
Adjective
The book describes the election process in painstaking detail.
she was always painstaking about her work
Recent Examples on the WebAnupam B. Jena, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
Taking notes from the painstaking worldbuilding of Playboi Carti, Rema’s vision of Afrorave is completely contingent on the blistering, unfettered energy that comes from people collectively giving their bodies over to the power of music.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 16 July 2024
But what is at stake here is nothing less than a cover-up amounting to presidential election interference — the likes of which the country has not seen since Watergate, as Sidney Blumenthal recently outlined in painstaking detail.
—Elizabeth Holtzman, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2024
The painstaking work of SCHR staff to document the state’s unequal valuation of Black and white lives over time convinced the court to order a new trial for Horton.
—Robert L. Tsai / Made By History, TIME, 28 June 2024
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Adjective
The history of medical diagnosis is a march through painstaking observation.
—Anupam B. Jena, The Mercury News, 16 July 2024
Taking notes from the painstaking worldbuilding of Playboi Carti, Rema’s vision of Afrorave is completely contingent on the blistering, unfettered energy that comes from people collectively giving their bodies over to the power of music.
—Kyle Denis, Billboard, 16 July 2024
But what is at stake here is nothing less than a cover-up amounting to presidential election interference — the likes of which the country has not seen since Watergate, as Sidney Blumenthal recently outlined in painstaking detail.
—Elizabeth Holtzman, New York Daily News, 14 Apr. 2024
The painstaking work of SCHR staff to document the state’s unequal valuation of Black and white lives over time convinced the court to order a new trial for Horton.
—Robert L. Tsai / Made By History, TIME, 28 June 2024
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“Painstaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/painstaking. Accessed 26 Jul. 2024.
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