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Recent Examples of finical However, finical institution Citi is the official presale credit card of the headliner engagements, and Citi cardmembers will have access to purchase presale tickets a week earlier, from Tuesday, May 18 at 10AM PST to Sunday, May 23 at 10 PM PST through the Citi Entertainment program. Larry Olmsted, Forbes, 13 May 2021 The finical, fanatical, reciprocal chiselling of mind and matter. Christian Wiman, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for finical
Adjective
  • The composers also had to navigate the IP’s legacy, in particular, that of John Williams’ original heroic themes – the very DNA of Superman.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 July 2025
  • This particular pain is never returned to—not in these terms.
    James Wood, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • The takeaway: Be careful about triggering too many credit inquiries.
    Daniel de Visé, USA Today, 13 July 2025
  • However, later in the day, be careful about jumping to conclusions when dealing with others.
    Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 13 July 2025
Adjective
  • The units also vary in shape: the cube is nice for nightstands, while the wider grand size works well on large dressers.
    Jamie Fischer, Better Homes & Gardens, 14 July 2025
  • And, the embroidery on the pillowcases adds a nice touch.
    Shalwah Evans, People.com, 14 July 2025
Adjective
  • Its sandbox-style user experience can be finicky, but the results are solid.
    Bernard May, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
  • There, Remy helps bumbling kitchen worker Alfredo Linguini cook a series of increasingly delectable dishes that soon attract the attention of the city’s most finicky restaurant critic, Anton Ego.
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • This is true of people who don’t bathe and also people who are fastidious about bathing and douse themselves in cologne, and everyone else in between.
    R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2025
  • Aside from Howard Hughes, Enzo Ferrari was Mann’s white whale: a fastidious man who was excellent at his job and attempted to bury—yet was consumed by—overwhelming emotional torment.
    Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 20 June 2025
Adjective
  • Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the more exacting standard raises questions about whether Tennessee’s law would survive.
    Zach Schonfeld, The Hill, 18 June 2025
  • All told, the specifics of memory and storage drive home that the Mac mini is far more suitable to mainstream users, while the Mac Studio is for a more exacting, professional market that needs those expensive, lofty levels of RAM and storage.
    PC Magazine, PC Magazine, 8 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • These jobs are highly demanding, but they are considered part-time under the city charter.
    Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 8 July 2025
  • Once upon a time, the leadership style of a college coach was simple: intense, demanding, rigid, focused on detail and motivating with more stick than carrot.
    Rustin Dodd, New York Times, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • The Perks of Free Kids Meals for Parents Omni’s new summer offer puts a spotlight on the pain points of traveling with picky eaters.
    Liz Regalia, Parents, 7 July 2025
  • In Materialists, Lee plays Trevor, one of Lucy's more picky clients whose entire dating criteria revolves around finding a woman who's fit and has a BMI under 20.
    EW.com, EW.com, 14 June 2025

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“Finical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finical. Accessed 24 Jul. 2025.

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