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exacting

[ig-zak-ting] / ɪgˈzæk tɪŋ /


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Ryan Wagner makes sure bartenders meet exacting standards for foam and temperature as stout sales boom.

From The Wall Street Journal

Guinness, owned by the beverage conglomerate Diageo, is no less exacting about other elements of service.

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It was intricate and exacting work, though not nearly so hard as watch repair, and Mr. Moorman was right.

From Literature

Yet the most exacting enactment of Rosenzweig’s theology was private, where truth flickers in the risky traffic between souls.

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Solomon had been nervous about the appearance and Ruemmler’s exacting coaching sessions put him at ease, the people said.

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