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Recent Examples of painstakingly
The team has spent more than two years painstakingly gathering, reviewing and cataloguing evidence from the attack.
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Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
Getlin describes the admission as a vulnerable one for Pulisic, who has painstakingly cultivated his public image.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 11 May 2026
Among all these elaborate and painstakingly studied novelties, loaves of barbari, the bread that kicked it off, await almost humbly.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
When Charlie accidentally concusses himself and forgets their whole night together, Nora enlists the help of best friend and party animal Hailey to painstakingly recreate the same bash, beat by unhinged beat, to win him over again.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 May 2026
Next on the docket is a facial before finally putting on the golden goddess outfit that she’s been painstakingly planning.
—Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 5 May 2026
As Grann starts to painstakingly reconstruct Fawcett’s voyages on the page, the longtime New Yorker staff writer also gets caught up in Fawcett’s mania.
—Eva Holland, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2026
Long-term federal gang and violence cases are built deliberately and painstakingly.
—Andrew S. Boutros, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Simultaneously, Swift was painstakingly recreating four of her earlier albums to own them outright.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Ivana Kottasová, CNN Money, 12 May 2026
Getlin describes the admission as a vulnerable one for Pulisic, who has painstakingly cultivated his public image.
—Doha Madani, NBC news, 11 May 2026
Among all these elaborate and painstakingly studied novelties, loaves of barbari, the bread that kicked it off, await almost humbly.
—Bill Addison, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2026
When Charlie accidentally concusses himself and forgets their whole night together, Nora enlists the help of best friend and party animal Hailey to painstakingly recreate the same bash, beat by unhinged beat, to win him over again.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 7 May 2026
Next on the docket is a facial before finally putting on the golden goddess outfit that she’s been painstakingly planning.
—Chris Murphy, Vanity Fair, 5 May 2026
As Grann starts to painstakingly reconstruct Fawcett’s voyages on the page, the longtime New Yorker staff writer also gets caught up in Fawcett’s mania.
—Eva Holland, The Atlantic, 30 Apr. 2026
Long-term federal gang and violence cases are built deliberately and painstakingly.
—Andrew S. Boutros, Chicago Tribune, 29 Apr. 2026
Simultaneously, Swift was painstakingly recreating four of her earlier albums to own them outright.
—New York Times, 28 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for painstakingly
Adverb
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Investigators meticulously documented the warning signs that should have alerted the driver to the looming braking problems.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
9 May 2026
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Over the next several months, Epstein would work meticulously—reviewing and editing emails to Gates Foundation employees and pushing Nikolic about the donation.—
Jessica Mathews,
Fortune,
9 May 2026
Adverb
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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
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First, Frank Walsh and a number of other commissioners supported Manly’s 141-page report, which exhaustively documented inequality and injustice.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
12 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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Key tips include using room-temperature ingredients and thoroughly creaming butter, cream cheese, and sugar.—
Sarah Martens,
Better Homes & Gardens,
10 May 2026
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Many researchers had assumed that all robotic missions sent there would so thoroughly succumb to Venus’s brutal combo of scorchingly hot surface temperature and crushingly high atmospheric pressure that little would be left behind for subsequent study.—
Emma Gometz,
Scientific American,
10 May 2026
Adverb
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After years of not being taken seriously, academic success is what Smith wants to be known for.—
Jason Jones,
New York Times,
10 May 2026
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One person was killed in the fire and two others were seriously injured, the Lewis Police Department (LPD) said in a news release shared on Facebook.—
Escher Walcott,
PEOPLE,
10 May 2026
Adverb
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The flock attentively listened to the rules of crime solving from George’s books and put all that deductive reasoning to work when George is found dead.—
Randy Myers,
Mercury News,
7 May 2026
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Horner looked attentively at Strand, but didn’t display any visible sign of emotion.—
Harriet Ramos
May 5,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 May 2026
Adverb
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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
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Dobbins ardently believes that’s going to happen.—
Parker Gabriel,
Denver Post,
11 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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Devil 2 treats the work more earnestly.—
Megan Garber,
The Atlantic,
12 May 2026
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The series’ earnestly naïve sound design (horses neighing, cars revving) only enhanced my appreciation of Joudrey’s sophisticated storytelling.—
Sheldon Pearce,
New Yorker,
24 Apr. 2026
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“Painstakingly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/painstakingly. Accessed 15 May. 2026.
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