as in meticulous
taking, showing, or involving great care and effort
she was always painstaking about her work
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as in effort
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Andrew P. Miller, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2024
Speaking of painstaking efforts, the doorways were another kettle of fish.
—Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 27 Sep. 2024
There is one more twist: John opens a second door and hurtles silently into space because the underground cavern was also a hallucination, one rendered in painstaking detail by Chusid to create in the audience the same false sense of security as John feels.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024
The house’s elegant, painstaking craftsmanship and core shapes are here in the Spring Summer 2025 collection, augmented with lavish drapery and fluid tassels.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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The painstaking, patient diplomacy of the U.S. administration and its fellow mediators, Qatar and Egypt, has failed to push Israel and Hamas, and particularly their recalcitrant leaders, across the finish line.
—Andrew P. Miller, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2024
Speaking of painstaking efforts, the doorways were another kettle of fish.
—Vaishnavi Nayel Talawadekar, Architectural Digest, 27 Sep. 2024
There is one more twist: John opens a second door and hurtles silently into space because the underground cavern was also a hallucination, one rendered in painstaking detail by Chusid to create in the audience the same false sense of security as John feels.
—Mark Peikert, IndieWire, 3 Sep. 2024
The house’s elegant, painstaking craftsmanship and core shapes are here in the Spring Summer 2025 collection, augmented with lavish drapery and fluid tassels.
—Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
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“Painstaking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/painstaking. Accessed 24 Oct. 2024.
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