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thoroughgoing

[thur-oh-goh-ing, -uh-goh-, thuhr-] / ˈθɜr oʊˌgoʊ ɪŋ, -əˌgoʊ-, ˈθʌr- /
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“The Bloody Crossroads,” published in 1987, isn’t the kind of book you expect a journalist to write: a collection of perceptive, thoroughgoing literary essays on important writers from Henry Adams to Alexander Solzhenitsyn.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

The irrepressible Mr. Ozawa surmounted this prejudice by dint of his outsize personality, thoroughgoing musicianship and sheer hard work.

From New York Times • Feb. 9, 2024

In 1976, Biden, then 33, was a thoroughgoing Jimmy Carter Democrat.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2023

Once an outlier in his tool kit, these unruly show tunes have developed into a thoroughgoing fascination.

From New York Times • May 12, 2022

Viroids can be so small and still thrive because they are thoroughgoing, unremitting parasites.

From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan




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