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Recent Examples of painstakingly
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
Berkshire Hathaway, painstakingly assembled over two century-old lives.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 16 June 2026
The original video of that game had been damaged and lost for some time, but then, after many years, it was retrieved and painstakingly restored—incompletely, but just enough to get the gist, as with the Dead Sea Scrolls or the Gnostic gospels.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
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.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
The Thunder have rebuilt painstakingly through multiple swings in the draft over the last few years, though with few lottery picks.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 10 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
Catherine Tansey, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 June 2026
Berkshire Hathaway, painstakingly assembled over two century-old lives.
—Yun Li, CNBC, 16 June 2026
The original video of that game had been damaged and lost for some time, but then, after many years, it was retrieved and painstakingly restored—incompletely, but just enough to get the gist, as with the Dead Sea Scrolls or the Gnostic gospels.
—David Remnick, New Yorker, 14 June 2026
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.
—Katie Kelly Bell, Forbes.com, 11 June 2026
The Thunder have rebuilt painstakingly through multiple swings in the draft over the last few years, though with few lottery picks.
—David Aldridge, New York Times, 10 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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for painstakingly
Adverb
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Go back and rewatch how meticulously and artfully Spielberg introduces Mark Rylance's character at the beginning of the film.—
Chris Nashawaty,
Entertainment Weekly,
13 June 2026
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The gemstones were meticulously arranged in tonal gradients, progressing from deeper shades at the base to more luminous hues at the crest.—
Luisa Zargani,
Footwear News,
11 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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Rinse the filters thoroughly under warm running water and replace them.—
Daley Quinn,
Southern Living,
14 June 2026
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One class in, and Hannah is thoroughly seduced both by Melanie’s flattery and by her therapyspeak approach to acting, with its talk of truth-telling and connecting to one’s body.—
Guy Lodge,
Variety,
13 June 2026
Adverb
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Second, the report grapples seriously with agentic AI — autonomous systems capable of planning, reasoning, and executing multi-step tasks without continuous human direction.—
Mayra Rodriguez Valladares,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
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For most high schoolers, the summer between sophomore and junior years means looking ahead to the ACT and, reflecting on the halfway point, starting to more seriously contemplate what the future has in store.—
Jim Dudlicek,
Chicago Tribune,
14 June 2026
Adverb
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At the heart of the company’s ambitious vision for AI lies an enormous expenditure figure that every shareholder should monitor attentively.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
12 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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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.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
14 June 2026
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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.—
Abigail Hasebroock,
Sun Sentinel,
11 June 2026
Adverb
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Maybe the only thing scarier than the opening scene of The Happening is Mark Wahlberg attempting to earnestly and fearfully talk to a plant.—
Brianna Zigler,
Entertainment Weekly,
15 June 2026
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And of course there will always be readers who balk at SF, refusing to countenance that our lived reality is saturated with it, and that the time for earnestly realistic state-of-the-nation novels may have passed.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
11 June 2026
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