exacting
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Yet other, more controversial projects, exacting irreversible change to capital institutions, are facing greater opposition.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026
Cook transformed Apple’s supply chain, building a complex network across more than 100 countries that churns out hundreds of millions of devices each year, meeting exacting quality standards.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 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
And with the sugar-phosphate backbone placed on the outside, and the general parameters of the measurements ascertained, the model builders could begin the most exacting phase of model building.
From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee
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