painstaking
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This is, to put it plainly, the stuff of well-considered emotional rawness, painstaking portraiture of our collective pasts.
From Salon • May 12, 2026
A decided positivism—the painstaking naturalism of the pre-Darwinian life sciences, with their attention to the taxonomy, function and illustration of biological forms—made itself felt in his work habits and in his meticulous drawings.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
“We’re going through it in painstaking detail right now,” Choi said of the short-swing profits.
From Barron's • Apr. 29, 2026
A painstaking three days were spent examining the skeleton in situ before he was removed, with all but a small toe bone recovered.
From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026
She never asked about the stores themselves, about what vegetables were selling, how the employees were working out, nothing ever about the painstaking, plodding nature of the work.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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