scrupulous
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DePetro isn’t especially scrupulous about what he allows on his social feeds.
From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026
Nonetheless, the portfolio’s impressive return reminds us of the need to cultivate scrupulous objectivity when digesting the financial news.
From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025
He meticulously painted beer mugs, pipes, matches, newspapers and other everyday objects, paying scrupulous attention to texture.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025
“Riefenstahl,” Andres Veiel’s scrupulous, powerful documentary about the documentarian’s efforts to rehabilitate her image and art — a biography folded into an investigation — amounts to one big “not so fast” of a response.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2025
“Your parents aren’t particularly generous with you, are they? But you’re so scrupulous about not borrowing money that it’s rather silly.”
From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt
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