exacting
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It needed to be private, convenient, and up to the exacting standards of the three-time champions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026
Yet other, more controversial projects, exacting irreversible change to capital institutions, are facing greater opposition.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
He was exacting, charming and merciless in equal measure.
From BBC • Apr. 10, 2026
Justice Amy Coney Barrett, however, supplied the argument’s most exacting skepticism, and likely the cleanest window into which a center-right majority might land.
From Slate • Apr. 10, 2026
An unflagging loyalty to his profession and its principles had made Arthur, over the years, increasingly deliberate in his speech and actions, and increasingly exacting regarding the truth in even his most casual reportage.
From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson
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