painstaking
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About 80,000 U.S. servicemembers remain missing, most of them from World War II. Locating and identifying these men and women is a painstaking and sometimes dangerous process.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 30, 2026
But while the landmark itself underwent years of painstaking conservation, which was recently halted at 90% complete, the arts campus surrounding it evolved in fits and starts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 29, 2026
"The LNF is an amazing facility," Gong said, adding it was a painstaking process to meld the device's materials together in a way that didn't introduce any extraneous electric fields.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 28, 2026
People still marvel at Miyazaki’s handcrafted backgrounds and his painstaking dedication to balancing its feather-light score with the melodies of flowing water or the gentle crunch of a child’s footfalls on grass and gravel.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2026
I was there when Matthew described it to Caleb in painstaking detail earlier: a black box with a silver keypad, marked with a strip of blue tape with a model number written on it.
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
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