fastidious
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But like her previous partners, he was arrogant and controlling—“yet another man who was fastidious and grumpy,” Ms. Meltzer writes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025
The fastidious Mendoza needs to get his platoon rescued but he can’t concentrate on coordinates.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 10, 2025
But it narrows some of the fastidious distancing that there's been between what had happened at the shut down News of the World and the Sun.
From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025
As Ruggero, he traced fastidious lines through the full length of Puccini’s lavish melodies, holding them taut before releasing them, and artfully negotiated his registers.
From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024
He was fastidious about his fine black suit and stovepipe hat, extracting lint from the fabric and glaring at it as if it were a poison spider before flicking it.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
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