rigor

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Here, she turns that same archival rigor inward on her own family’s immigrant story, as unsparing as it is tender.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 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

AP courses are designed to have the same rigor as a college class and are usually accepted for credit or placement when high-school students get to college.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 21, 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