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Recent Examples of meticulously
When Zelensky visited Prague last year, every minute of his schedule was meticulously planned.
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
The wines were meticulously stored over the past two decades, meaning cases and bottles are immaculate.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2026
And, to this day, they are meticulously trained from colts to perform spectacular feats of dressage, including some who can lift their front legs and seem to prance off the ground.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
At the direction of Mussolini, Italian filmmakers meticulously photographed the events of the war.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2026
Both extended clips start with the full '90s-riddled video before unfolding into different behind-the-scenes cuts that reveal how the concept was born and how meticulously it was executed.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
An investigative journalist for the Miami Herald, Brown has interviewed dozens of Epstein’s victims and has meticulously anatomized how Epstein managed to win preposterously favorable treatment in the courts.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
Now, more than four decades after the original carriages were meticulously restored to their former glory, another is set to join them on the rails.
—Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026
That cage, the magical but also eerie Thrushcross Grange, is a sight to behold—an epic, retina-searing, sometimes repulsive, consistently jaw-dropping palace, meticulously constructed by production designer Suzie Davies.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2026
Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 20 Feb. 2026
The wines were meticulously stored over the past two decades, meaning cases and bottles are immaculate.
—Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 Feb. 2026
And, to this day, they are meticulously trained from colts to perform spectacular feats of dressage, including some who can lift their front legs and seem to prance off the ground.
—Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 18 Feb. 2026
At the direction of Mussolini, Italian filmmakers meticulously photographed the events of the war.
—Zac Ntim, Deadline, 16 Feb. 2026
Both extended clips start with the full '90s-riddled video before unfolding into different behind-the-scenes cuts that reveal how the concept was born and how meticulously it was executed.
—Bryan West, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
An investigative journalist for the Miami Herald, Brown has interviewed dozens of Epstein’s victims and has meticulously anatomized how Epstein managed to win preposterously favorable treatment in the courts.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 13 Feb. 2026
Now, more than four decades after the original carriages were meticulously restored to their former glory, another is set to join them on the rails.
—Connor Sturges, Condé Nast Traveler, 10 Feb. 2026
That cage, the magical but also eerie Thrushcross Grange, is a sight to behold—an epic, retina-searing, sometimes repulsive, consistently jaw-dropping palace, meticulously constructed by production designer Suzie Davies.
—Radhika Seth, Vogue, 9 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for meticulously
Adverb
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The 17-year-old is a star in the making and has been carefully managed by Arne Slot this season, with the bulk of his minutes coming in the domestic cup competitions.—
Gregg Evans,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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The brainchild of Thomaston’s Jay Fredlund, the playscapes that were no longer viable for area municipalities were carefully disassembled, packed into 40-foot sea containers and shipped to missions in Guatemala where they were reassembled by service teams serving ministries.—
Sarah Kyrcz,
Hartford Courant,
22 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Thus, reshaping the rules of growth by systematically testing a brand’s ability to integrate product, content, pricing, channels and operations.—
Fairchild Studio,
Footwear News,
24 Feb. 2026
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Humans would not systematically go through all 1,000 problems and pick the 12 easiest ones to work on, which is kind of what the AIs are doing.—
Matteo Wong,
The Atlantic,
24 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Instead, judge arguments based on the merits of the underlying facts, and how experts scrupulously interpret those facts.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
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The club should scrupulously avoid the temptation to make the sort of age-gap trades that have repeatedly burned through Vancouver’s draft capital over the past decade.—
Harman Dayal,
New York Times,
9 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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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
Adverb
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Williams knows how to humanize this bare-bones vocabulary, minutely adjusting the voicing of a chord or caressing the last of a set of recurring motifs with a regretful ritardando.—
Alex Ross,
New Yorker,
26 Jan. 2026
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When the mask slipped or seemed to slip in the breakup video, however minutely, their counterparts — gay shitposters — pissed through the gap.—
Paul McAdory,
Them.,
9 Dec. 2025
Adverb
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But Georgia’s results were exhaustively verified by machine and manual recounts, a signature audit, and multiple court cases and investigations.—
State Rep. Matt Blumenthal,
Hartford Courant,
12 Feb. 2026
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The data on 1,779 policy issues was researched exhaustively before Martin Gilens and Benjamin Page of Princeton University published their conclusions.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
5 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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Gu, who often answers so quickly and comprehensively, for once struggled to find the words.—
Charlotte Harpur,
New York Times,
23 Feb. 2026
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If multiple hypotheses do not explain the data equally well, then the one that explains the data more accurately and comprehensively is superior.—
Big Think,
Big Think,
10 Feb. 2026
Adverb
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And be sure to only add one-third of the flour mixture at a time, folding it in gently but thoroughly before incorporating the next portion.—
Sarah Carey,
Martha Stewart,
22 Feb. 2026
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Water plants thoroughly to settle the soil, adding more if needed.—
Kim Toscano,
Southern Living,
22 Feb. 2026
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“Meticulously.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meticulously. Accessed 27 Feb. 2026.
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