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Recent Examples of meticulously
Investigators meticulously documented the warning signs that should have alerted the driver to the looming braking problems.
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Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
Over the next several months, Epstein would work meticulously—reviewing and editing emails to Gates Foundation employees and pushing Nikolic about the donation.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 9 May 2026
Notably, investigators who meticulously examined the outbreak identified 82 health care workers at one hospital who were exposed to symptomatic cases.
—ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
New this year is AMA Venezia, the brainchild of collector Laurent Asscher, who meticulously restored a former soap factory in Cannaregio to inaugurate his own space.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
And Champagne meticulously sourced an impressive collection of rare vintage erotic needlepoint cushions from their French birthplace via Etsy.
—Zoey Goto, Architectural Digest, 6 May 2026
Ola, one of the few survivors, spent the last year and a half meticulously documenting all the victims from her family, from a 79-year-old grandfather to a six-week-old baby girl.
—Anas Baba, NPR, 6 May 2026
The video also showed the process of getting Klum in the costume with the help of a team of people and Marino meticulously painting details onto Klum's face.
—Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 5 May 2026
Boxes with sun cards line the walls, wind-speed charts drawn on EKG paper fill the cabinets and computers store the spreadsheets where Douglas and Joly meticulously record temperature and humidity.
—Laura Martin Agudelo, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
Over the next several months, Epstein would work meticulously—reviewing and editing emails to Gates Foundation employees and pushing Nikolic about the donation.
—Jessica Mathews, Fortune, 9 May 2026
Notably, investigators who meticulously examined the outbreak identified 82 health care workers at one hospital who were exposed to symptomatic cases.
—ArsTechnica, 8 May 2026
New this year is AMA Venezia, the brainchild of collector Laurent Asscher, who meticulously restored a former soap factory in Cannaregio to inaugurate his own space.
—Nate Freeman, Vanity Fair, 8 May 2026
And Champagne meticulously sourced an impressive collection of rare vintage erotic needlepoint cushions from their French birthplace via Etsy.
—Zoey Goto, Architectural Digest, 6 May 2026
Ola, one of the few survivors, spent the last year and a half meticulously documenting all the victims from her family, from a 79-year-old grandfather to a six-week-old baby girl.
—Anas Baba, NPR, 6 May 2026
The video also showed the process of getting Klum in the costume with the help of a team of people and Marino meticulously painting details onto Klum's face.
—Angeline Jane Bernabe, ABC News, 5 May 2026
Boxes with sun cards line the walls, wind-speed charts drawn on EKG paper fill the cabinets and computers store the spreadsheets where Douglas and Joly meticulously record temperature and humidity.
—Laura Martin Agudelo, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meticulously
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Lighter, looser and more human, carefully tuned to supporters who value personality as much as performance.—
Asli Pelit,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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As grieving attendees lined up to pay respects to the children, one woman shut her eyes after peering at one of the children, Kayla, who wore a white dress, her fingernails carefully painted pink.—
Alaa Elassar,
CNN Money,
10 May 2026
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The lawsuit accuses task force agents of systematically retaliating against the four plaintiffs and other members of the public engaged in similar observations.—
Travis Loller,
Los Angeles Times,
13 May 2026
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Their goal is to deliver results immediately and systematically, through four key priorities.—
Paul Goydan,
Fortune,
13 May 2026
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During his first state visit to the United States as monarch, Charles stayed scrupulously nonpartisan over the course of a 28-minute address to a joint meeting of Congress.—
Michael Birnbaum,
Washington Post,
29 Apr. 2026
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Florida attorneys general in both parties scrupulously minimized their secondary roles as partisan politicians.—
Sun Sentinel Editorial Board,
Sun Sentinel,
14 Apr. 2026
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When looked at microscopically, there were patterns that suggested the possibility of life on Mars at one time.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
30 Jan. 2026
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Corintis The simulation and optimization software developed by Corintis is used to design a network of microscopically small channels on cold plates.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
17 Nov. 2025
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The dozens of edits that Congress made have been minutely examined by historians and literary scholars.—
Jill Lepore,
New Yorker,
4 May 2026
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Its standout feature is its hyper-deformable wheels, minutely structured from silicone, composite, and stainless steel, which create a soft, enlarged contact surface with the terrain.—
Tim Barber,
Wired News,
14 Apr. 2026
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Have these people never read, say, The Feminine Mystique, which exhaustively cataloged the despair of mid-century stay-at-home mothers?—
Helen Lewis,
The Atlantic,
14 May 2026
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First, Frank Walsh and a number of other commissioners supported Manly’s 141-page report, which exhaustively documented inequality and injustice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 May 2026
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Research shows that combining aerobic exercise and resistance training can support your body more comprehensively than either type alone.—
Brittany Dube,
Health,
5 May 2026
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The tools of cinema change quickly, often comprehensively.—
Dennis Lim,
The New York Review of Books,
25 Apr. 2026
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Key tips include using room-temperature ingredients and thoroughly creaming butter, cream cheese, and sugar.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 May 2026
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Many researchers had assumed that all robotic missions sent there would so thoroughly succumb to Venus’s brutal combo of scorchingly hot surface temperature and crushingly high atmospheric pressure that little would be left behind for subsequent study.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
10 May 2026
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“Meticulously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meticulously. Accessed 16 May. 2026.
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