fastidious
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The aerial shot of a traffic jam in ’70s Manhattan looks like some fastidious kid’s Matchbox collection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 23, 2026
They’re the rare organization that is forward-thinking and fastidious enough, as general manager Les Snead said, to be “always threading the needle,” focused on the future in a few minutes and in a few years.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 3, 2026
If there is a consistency to his work, it is that of cool, fastidious stylishness, in which the particulars of site, client and program were the dominant factors, and not the personality of the architect.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
It’s as fastidious as a desk clerk, with everything gridded and in shades of greige.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 13, 2025
He is fastidious about his clothing; their first argument had been over a sweater she’d shrunk in the washing machine.
From "The Namesake" by Jhumpa Lahiri
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