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Synonyms: Adjective
careful, conscientious, fussy, loving, meticulous, scrupulous
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The book describes the election process in painstaking detail. she was always painstaking about her workRecent Examples on the Web: Adjective
But for Addyson, the surgeries require a painstaking process that includes 10 days of high-dose chemotherapy and radiation. — Rebecca Hennes, Houston Chronicle, "'I feel like we are staring death in the face': Family pleads for bone marrow donors for 3-year-old," 22 Aug. 2019 Sulstonās Nobel in physiology or medicine came in 2002 for painstaking observation of the development of every one of the thousand-odd cells of a nematode, C. elegans, a worm only a fraction of an inch in length. — Martin Weil, Philly.com, "John Sulston, Nobel-winning scientist who helped decode human genome, dies at 75," 10 Mar. 2018 His paintings of the Diamond Mountains from 1711 are his earliest surviving works, and the suite alternates between painstaking depictions of specific mountain features and sweeping general views. — Jason Farago, New York Times, "Review: When a Landscape (and Memory) Is All You Have," 8 Feb. 2018 This delay stems partly from the fact that the younger Salinger has yet to find reliable optical-recognition software and is instead undertaking the painstaking process of typing up his fatherās handwritten words himself. — Meilan Solly, Smithsonian, "J.D. Salingerās Work Is Coming to E-Readers for the First Time," 12 Aug. 2019 At the San Diego Zoo, reproductive scientists successfully impregnated two southern white rhino females after years of painstaking effort, says Parker Pennington, a reproductive scientist at the zoo who works on northern white rhino conservation. — Rebecca Boyle, Discover Magazine, "The Quixotic Quest to Birth a Baby Northern White Rhino," 25 June 2019 The process can be slow and painstaking, but the reward is virtual certainty. — Quanta Magazine, "In Computers We Trust?," 22 Feb. 2013 The new leader of Britainās House of Commons, known for his orate rhetoric and affinity for tradition, has issued a painstaking list of grammar and etiquette for his staff. — Fox News, "UK lawmaker issues etiquette, writing guidelines that ban words including 'hopefully,' 'very'," 28 July 2019 After a painstaking search, our crews have not located the person reported to be in the water near 12th & Miller. — Saja Hindi, The Denver Post, "Womanās body found in Lakewood in area that was 10 feet under water during flash flooding," 21 July 2019Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Both Corker and Senator Orrin Hatch, Republican of Utah, credited McCarry with leading the painstaking, behind-the-scenes negotiations. — Joshua Goodman, BostonGlobe.com, "Back channel with Boston roots helped free Utah man in Venezuela," 27 May 2018These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'painstaking.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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