painstaking
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The discoveries emerged from years of painstaking laboratory work, including the careful examination of tumors grown in mice.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 15, 2026
The planters are original to the stadium’s 1962 construction, and many had crumbled badly enough over the decades to need painstaking repair.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026
The homeowners collaborated with the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy on a painstaking, down-to-the-studs restoration and modernization of the space.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 9, 2026
Mr. Rebeiro’s painstaking analysis pays off here: Liberty could govern interpretation only when the text plausibly bears the proposed meaning.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026
When he finds several painstaking iterations of a mold that match exactly the size and pear-cut shape of the stone in the vault at the museum, he knows he has his man.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
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