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Recent Examples of painstakingly
Much like Hermès, Laurent-Perrier eschews manufacturing efficiencies in favor of painstakingly handmade quality and slow luxury, where patience is part of the product itself.
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Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
All the while, the team painstakingly turns the anime images and concepts into a working game.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
The Senate already painstakingly passed the measure after a marathon night of voting.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Each Washed Ashore sculpture is brought to life by hundreds of volunteers who collect trash from beaches, painstakingly clean the debris, and work together to craft these charming pieces.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
Preparing the fossils was painstakingly slow.
—Sanaa El-Sayed, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
Prosecutors are painstakingly going over the video, showing the jury only a few seconds of it at a time.
—Cbs Texas Staff, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Much of that ornate exterior has been painstakingly rebuilt.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2026
Registrar of Voters Bob Page said — who painstakingly remove ballots from envelopes, ensure bubbles are filled in correctly so the votes are properly counted, help residents obtain a replacement ballot or cast a provisional one, make sure someone does not vote twice and much, much more.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
All the while, the team painstakingly turns the anime images and concepts into a working game.
—Gieson Cacho, Mercury News, 10 June 2026
The Senate already painstakingly passed the measure after a marathon night of voting.
—Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 9 June 2026
Each Washed Ashore sculpture is brought to life by hundreds of volunteers who collect trash from beaches, painstakingly clean the debris, and work together to craft these charming pieces.
—Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2026
Preparing the fossils was painstakingly slow.
—Sanaa El-Sayed, The Conversation, 4 June 2026
Prosecutors are painstakingly going over the video, showing the jury only a few seconds of it at a time.
—Cbs Texas Staff, CBS News, 4 June 2026
Much of that ornate exterior has been painstakingly rebuilt.
—David Caraccio, Sacbee.com, 30 May 2026
Registrar of Voters Bob Page said — who painstakingly remove ballots from envelopes, ensure bubbles are filled in correctly so the votes are properly counted, help residents obtain a replacement ballot or cast a provisional one, make sure someone does not vote twice and much, much more.
—Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for painstakingly
Adverb
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But when the 27-year-old uploaded 16 years of meticulously kept medical records into ChatGPT, the machine reported that Morgan was suffering from a different ailment than the one diagnosed by doctors.—
Elizabeth Dwoskin,
Washington Post,
4 June 2026
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Unbeknownst to Anthony, the entire experience is staged, every colleague around him is performing a role, and each moment – whether in conference rooms or during downtime – has been meticulously orchestrated.—
Michael Schneider,
Variety,
2 June 2026
Adverb
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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.—
David Canfield,
HollywoodReporter,
11 June 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
Adverb
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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.—
Annie Lowrey,
The Atlantic,
28 Apr. 2026
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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.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
11 Apr. 2026
Adverb
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To all appearances, so many years later, this was a mechanism that had been thoroughly tested and that worked perfectly well.—
Andrea Bajani,
New Yorker,
7 June 2026
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That smell might be coming from chemical disinfectants used on tanks that are rarely cleaned thoroughly.—
Alesandra Dubin,
Southern Living,
7 June 2026
Adverb
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About intermittent success, too, followed by inevitable regression in the only game the United States takes seriously yet cannot seem to conquer the world in.—
Leander Schaerlaeckens
June 8,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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Before taking her 32-year-old brother's offer seriously, Kizzy explored alternatives both in the United Kingdom and abroad.—
Tereza Shkurtaj,
PEOPLE,
7 June 2026
Adverb
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It must be done attentively and with precision, for a whole year’s work is at stake.—
Katie Kelly Bell,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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In April, the president traveled to Miami to sit cageside at an Ultimate Fighting Championship event, embracing UFC CEO Dana White, his friend and supporter, and watching attentively through the wire as the fighters spilled blood.—
Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
28 May 2026
Adverb
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Some people ardently believe that AI and AI makers are being allowed to run amok.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2026
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The two Cuban American Republicans co-owned a house in Tallahassee, celebrated family events together and ardently opposed Venezuela’s socialist government when both went to Washington at the same time — Rubio elected to the Senate, Rivera to the House.—
Joshua Goodman,
Los Angeles Times,
24 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The concept was already mildly stale in 1983; in 2026, jokes about Nate learning to use a toaster or a GPS come off as well past their expiration date, no matter how earnestly dopey a performance Bargatze gives.—
David Sims,
The Atlantic,
5 June 2026
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But Todd wears his realism well, finding a nice mix between earnestly romantic and achingly self-aware.—
Jon Dolan,
Rolling Stone,
4 June 2026
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“Painstakingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/painstakingly. Accessed 13 Jun. 2026.
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