scrupulous

Example Sentences

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But that tactic no doubt exists, particularly with the less scrupulous agents out there,” said Andy Panko, a certified financial planner who is tracking IUL policy claims and testing their effectiveness in a continuing project.

From MarketWatch • May 27, 2026

You don’t know them outside of the clips–slash–paid ads, but you feel like you do, which makes it all the more difficult for actually scrupulous journalists and fact-finders to break through and correct the record.

From Slate • May 6, 2026

Growers use blackout curtains to trick the plants into coloring earlier in the fall, but Kobayashi said they have to be scrupulous about keeping the greenhouses completely dark.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2025

Damar's indignation about his eviction even comes with a scrupulous caveat: "I'm not angry at the tourists. I'm just angry at my own government."

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

The majority were like the scrupulous lieutenant who had driven me home.

From "The House of the Spirits: A Novel" by Isabel Allende