as in attention
strict attentiveness to what one is doing
the meticulosity with which she placed each piece of china, crystal, and silver on the table
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meticulosity
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This week’s wellness trends highlight what’s worth your attention and what may not live up to the hype.—
Abby Norman,
Verywell Health,
13 Apr. 2026 -
The food is elegant yet playful with impeccable attention to detail.—
Tara Massouleh McCay,
Southern Living,
13 Apr. 2026
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Organizations can benefit by valuing carefulness and concentration not as an obligation, but as a fundamental pillar of success.—
Heather V. MacArthur,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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Just as essential a consideration as carefulness for committee members, though, is speed.—
Chris Stirewalt,
The Hill,
26 Aug. 2025
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At one point, one of the moderators asked those in his care to stand up, and numerous people rose from their seatsto the sound of applause.—
Alexandra Schonfeld,
PEOPLE,
14 Apr. 2026
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Another barrier to staying up to date on adult vaccines is that many people don't have health insurance, are underinsured, or don't receive regular care.—
Teresa Maalouf,
Verywell Health,
13 Apr. 2026
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Grandmother explains how each plant helps humans ease aches and pains, as well as offering good foods like honey from the bees that drink from plants.—
Mary Ann Grossmann,
Twin Cities,
12 Apr. 2026
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But the problem with utilitarianism is that just as the subjective, first-person experiences of sensory perceptions cannot be compared among individuals, neither can pleasures and pains.—
George G. Szpiro,
Big Think,
9 Apr. 2026
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Onstage, her humor hits with precision.—
Dave Quinn,
PEOPLE,
13 Apr. 2026
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The show ebbed and flowed with precision, with the uptempo jams countered by Mars’ considerable arsenal of ballads.—
Melissa Ruggieri,
USA Today,
11 Apr. 2026
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Mature weeds need a stronger concentration.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
12 Apr. 2026
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Consequences of concentration This phenomenon has changed the way some NFL teams scout college prospects, cutting down on their trips to check out players on small campuses.—
Arnie Stapleton,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Apr. 2026
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Thank goodness Anthropic has the courage and foresight to raise the issue and hold its ground — without its pushback, these capabilities would have been handed to the government with barely a ripple in our conscientiousness and virtually no oversight.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
26 Feb. 2026
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Low-conscientiousness individuals (flexible thinkers) excel in fluid, unpredictable environments where plans become obsolete quickly.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Since Visma-Lease a Bike's 2023 grand tour hat-trick heyday, underpinned by Vingegaard’s Tour upset of Pogačar, which showed all its tactical and planning meticulousness, it has been surpassed by the latter's UAE Team Emirates.—
Andy McGrath,
New York Times,
11 Mar. 2026
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Klinsmann had relocated to live in California and fused a helicopter- flying, management- consultant- speak LA vibe to his natural Teutonic meticulousness.—
Roger Bennett,
Fortune,
2 Mar. 2026
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“Meticulosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meticulosity. Accessed 14 Apr. 2026.
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