painstaking
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But that involves painstaking efforts across multiple fronts that, wherever possible, need to move with, not against, market forces.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 18, 2026
The challenge for management, directors and investors is to have patience through this painstaking process while simultaneously kicking the tires and asking all the right questions during the building process.
From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 2026
Metro board member Fernando Dutra said the agency had been working through a painstaking process to bring systems back online, an effort that continues.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 2, 2026
When the U.S. has looked to clear mines in the past, it’s been a painstaking process.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
I let the staffers know through painstaking displays of competence and efficiency that I was serious about the work however menial and clerical, and that I was ready to do what anyone of authority required.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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