rigor

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Because when you strip away the scaffolding, when you set aside the tone and the length and the performance of rigor, what remains is not complicated at all.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

“After several years of increased innovation and tighter financial rigor, efforts are manifesting in a materially healthier financial profile and growth trajectory,” Altmann wrote in a note Friday.

From Barron's • May 1, 2026

Ms. Lemann was commissioned by Vanity Fair to report on the trial but her piece never ran in the magazine due to its amusing lack of journalistic rigor.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

But like a world-class athlete accustomed to extreme rigor, he seemed unfazed by the expenditure of energy.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

The rigor of the mourning for Remedios had been relegated to the background by the mortifications of the war, Aureliano's absence, Arcadio’s brutality, and the expulsion of José Arcadio and Rebeca.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez