punctiliousness

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for punctiliousness
Noun
  • Accountability requires taking personal responsibility for your cognitive development.
    Cornelia C. Walther, Forbes.com, 12 Sep. 2025
  • This shift represents a fundamental change in how professional development happens, with corporations taking direct responsibility for credentialing workers in emerging technologies.
    Malana VanTyler, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • This patience is watchfulness, not idleness.
    Francois Botha, Forbes.com, 7 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • In summary, when facing the threat of lightning, preparedness and vigilance are your best allies.
    Bay Area Weather Report, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Local authorities, under increasing national pressure to take action against Tren de Aragua, redoubled their displays of vigilance.
    Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • An article previously shared by Newsweek explains that cats' sleeping postures can communicate comfort, alertness, or even stress.
    Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Depending on your tolerance, this could be too much—or just the right amount—to help increase alertness.
    Allison Forsyth, Health, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The book traces Jacobs’s career from entrepreneur to lobbyist, catalyzed by a series of serious health events that led him to integrate yoga, meditation, and mindfulness into his daily life and professional approach.
    Forbes Books Press Release Official, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Try integrating mindfulness into your existing routines.
    Essence, Essence, 8 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The merging of the modern and traditional is an effort to help people find God in a new way, said Reverend Jason Roberson, the head priest at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, and to mark the church’s entry into a new century.
    Lauren Costantino, Miami Herald, 10 Sep. 2025
  • With the sandboxing proposal, companies could identify regulations that are obstructing their efforts, and ask for a waiver.
    Emily Wilkins, CNBC, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • The diffusion index in the jobs report gauges the concentration of growth.
    Jason Ma, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Both require intense concentration, in order to be any good, and diligent practice, and both make use of imagination—which in tennis takes the form of anticipation—and creativity.
    Thomas Swick September 5, Literary Hub, 5 Sep. 2025
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“Punctiliousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/punctiliousness. Accessed 14 Sep. 2025.

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