conscientious
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Apparently my 2 a.m. self is part snack-seeking raccoon, part conscientious housekeeper.
From Salon ● Aug. 20, 2026
He’s grateful that he and his wife were conscientious about their finances, so he doesn’t have to worry about downshifting his career or the costs of her care, Matthews said.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 23, 2026
National Service was spent, like his father, as a conscientious objector.
From BBC ● Jun. 12, 2026
As a young man, Hockney was a conscientious objector and did his military service as a hospital orderly, before studying at the Bradford School of Art and then London's Royal College of Art from 1959.
From Barron's ● Jun. 12, 2026
No report about Young had come from the Communist party, but since Young seemed a conscientious worker, I did not think the omission serious in any case.
From "Black Boy" by Richard Wright
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