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Adjective
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Get the kids involved in creating their snacks, use familiar foods for picky eaters, or make up a game like tic-tac-toe with crackers and cheese.—
Christina Montoya Fiedler,
Parents,
4 Aug. 2025 -
There will be no fights from the picky eaters at your table when Doritos Chicken Casserole is for dinner.—
Kimberly Holland,
Southern Living,
3 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The machines — hulking, finicky steel beasts — date to the early 1940s.—
David Hudnall,
Kansas City Star,
27 June 2025
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The new process works well enough, but the reader can be finicky.—
PC Magazine,
PC Magazine,
22 July 2025
Adjective
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The swashbuckling sire, the deadpan ingénue, the sans serif font, the one-point perspective — Anderson’s held fast to his favorite elements even as his canvases have gotten broader and his style even more fastidious.—
Alison Willmore,
Vulture,
18 May 2025
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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
Adjective
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There’s no need to boil a kettle in an already stuffy kitchen, no fussy pour-over rituals, no expensive machinery or pods to purchase, and, surprisingly, no specialized cold-brew equipment required.—
The Washington Post,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Clad primarily in glass, Ascent is unnecessarily fussy in its articulation with a few too many nips and tucks in its plan.—
Edward Keegan,
Chicago Tribune,
27 July 2025
Adjective
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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
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The finical, fanatical, reciprocal chiselling of mind and matter.—
Christian Wiman,
The New Yorker,
6 Dec. 2021
Adjective
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Many items are selling fast in particular colors, and some are retiring once they’re sold out.—
Ali Faccenda,
People.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The deal comes amid a broader expansion of defense spending worldwide, with European powers in particular looking to wean themselves off US dependence.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The princess line reached its apogee around the turn of the century, in the creations of Jean-Philippe for the House of Worth’s most exacting and original client, Élisabeth de Riquet de Caraman-Chimay, a.k.a.—
Leslie Camhi,
New Yorker,
25 July 2025
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Justice Sonia Sotomayor said the more exacting standard raises questions about whether Tennessee’s law would survive.—
Zach Schonfeld,
The Hill,
18 June 2025
Adjective
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This move fhas been built on the assumption that giving patients a larger financial responsibility for the cost for their healthcare will turn them into more discerning healthcare consumers.—
Peter Ubel,
Forbes.com,
26 June 2025
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Leave it to Breville the Smart Scoop to create a high-quality compressor-style ice cream maker for the most discerning home cooks.—
Yelena Moroz Alpert,
Architectural Digest,
22 July 2025
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“Nitpicky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/nitpicky. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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