rigorous
Example Sentences
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On Sunday, Venezuela's National Assembly condemned the boat strikes and vowed to carry out a "rigorous and thorough investigation" into the accusations of a second attack that allegedly killed two survivors.
From BBC
Genuine liberal arts learning requires students to wrestle with the best that has been written and said by the most rigorous thinkers, living and dead, on all sides of the issues.
The case highlights the complex balance in public universities between protecting students’ right to express beliefs and maintaining rigorous academic standards, particularly when assignments require scientific reasoning.
From Salon
Portraits come in many incarnations—the rigorous realism of Holbein, the rococo elegance of Gainsborough, the harsh frankness of Lucian Freud, to name just a few.
Like police work, record-keeping in this place seems less than rigorous.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
