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Recent Examples of painstakingly
Where the most hopelessly corny sayings are painstakingly stitched into the equivalent of cloth graph paper by women who believe in the sayings and give the plaques to people who do not believe in the sayings.
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Padgett Powell,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
The mound, which had been bulldozed but painstakingly reconstructed, was eventually destroyed again for residential construction.
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Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2026
For example, growers painstakingly cover individual grape bunches with bags by hand to protect them from rain.
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Akiko Katayama,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
For more than 25 years, Morrison has painstakingly researched the Bethlehem Steel club, compiling thousands of articles on his website about a team history had largely forgotten and where two of his great-uncles played.
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Stuart James,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
The novel unfolds like an oral storytelling tradition, driven by a voice that Sarris painstakingly crafted, evoking his conversation with McKay.
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Maddie Connors,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Everything else, no matter how massive in scale or painstakingly rendered, is just sound and fury, not the master nor commander of anything.
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Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
It was painstakingly built through years of disappointing seasons, failed rebuilds, high-profile leadership changes, structural overhauls and grueling strategic adjustments.
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Melissa Dawn Simkins,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Residents assemble altars at the thresholds of their homes, adorning them with prized heirloom linens, and step into stockings, underskirts, petticoats, and blouses that have been painstakingly hand-stitched and preserved across generations.
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Catherine Tansey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
Padgett Powell,
Harpers Magazine,
30 June 2026
The mound, which had been bulldozed but painstakingly reconstructed, was eventually destroyed again for residential construction.
—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
30 June 2026
For example, growers painstakingly cover individual grape bunches with bags by hand to protect them from rain.
—
Akiko Katayama,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
For more than 25 years, Morrison has painstakingly researched the Bethlehem Steel club, compiling thousands of articles on his website about a team history had largely forgotten and where two of his great-uncles played.
—
Stuart James,
New York Times,
29 June 2026
The novel unfolds like an oral storytelling tradition, driven by a voice that Sarris painstakingly crafted, evoking his conversation with McKay.
—
Maddie Connors,
Los Angeles Times,
24 June 2026
Everything else, no matter how massive in scale or painstakingly rendered, is just sound and fury, not the master nor commander of anything.
—
Sarah Shachat,
IndieWire,
24 June 2026
It was painstakingly built through years of disappointing seasons, failed rebuilds, high-profile leadership changes, structural overhauls and grueling strategic adjustments.
—
Melissa Dawn Simkins,
Fortune,
22 June 2026
Residents assemble altars at the thresholds of their homes, adorning them with prized heirloom linens, and step into stockings, underskirts, petticoats, and blouses that have been painstakingly hand-stitched and preserved across generations.
—
Catherine Tansey,
Condé Nast Traveler,
17 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for painstakingly
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The hair at the crown and sides is meticulously slicked back, not a flyaway in sight, creating a sleek foundation that lets the intricate braiding take center stage.
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The technicians meticulously remove excess cuticle and dead skin, creating an exceptionally clean nail bed before applying any product.
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But rather than further ratchet up the stakes in the final minutes, the episode closes with Rosemary exhaustively — and rather hilariously — going over an extensive genealogical document for Tom and Patricia.
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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?
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The National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, which teaches people how to conscientiously object to income levies, reports surging interest in its training sessions.
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An attorney general who cannot conscientiously defend a law owes his clients — the people of Florida — the duty of allowing a surrogate to do it.
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Preparing skeletal specimens for display in museums or for forensic studies requires the bones to be thoroughly cleaned to remove any remaining flesh or soft tissue.
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Mexico completed a thoroughly impressive 2-0 victory over Ecuador to advance to the last 16.
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Either way, Angela’s slip is definitely showing in terms of behind-the-scenes messiness (seriously, enough is enough with the cheating stories!
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Two men were killed and two others also were seriously injured in a head-on collision in Chaplin late Friday night.
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Second, build trust and psychological safety by being open, admitting mistakes, and listening attentively.
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Two of my cousins, both women in their early 20s, came to sit behind me a few minutes into the interview, watching attentively.
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Kevan Harris, an associate professor of sociology at UCLA who has studied the Iranian diaspora, said some of the ardently monarchist Iranians became disillusioned and demobilized when the war’s initial objective of regime change failed.
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Like the tour, the first input meeting garnered significant interest from farmers and residents alike, all of whom are ardently concerned with what the county decides to do with the Ag Reserve.
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Ukraine's strike campaign started out earnestly in 2024 but has significantly intensified this year, helping Ukraine gain momentum in a grueling war of attrition that has persisted for more than four years since Russia's full-scale invasion.
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The Midjourney company does not promote their device for routine screening of early cancers, although some online enthusiasts earnestly hope this will be the case soon.
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“Painstakingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/painstakingly. Accessed 4 Jul. 2026.
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