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synonyms for exacting
- harsh
- imperious
- onerous
- painstaking
- precise
- rigid
- rigorous
- strict
- stringent
- taxing
- trying
- burdensome
- by the book
- careful
- critical
- difficult
- exigent
- finicky
- fussy
- grievous
- hard
- hypercritical
- nit-picking
- oppressive
- particular
- persnickety
- picky
- severe
- stern
- tough
- unsparing
- weighty
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How to use exacting in a sentence
Both the IRA and the British military are portrayed here with an exacting lack of sentimentality.
The pair, who are exhibiting together in Fred Schnider Gallery’s “Material Reality,” make elaborate, exacting assemblages.
In the galleries: Rejuvenating the obsolete into unconventional art | Mark Jenkins | February 12, 2021 | Washington PostShe offers to teach Teichner the exacting steps involved in the time-consuming preparation for administering the meds.
A ‘money pit’ dog, an ailing owner and one big question | Diane Cole | February 5, 2021 | Washington Post
Viewed through the exacting lens of an engineer, Beckwith was struck by agriculture’s inefficiencies.
No Trees Harmed: MIT Aims to One Day Grow Your Kitchen Table in a Lab | Jason Dorrier | January 24, 2021 | Singularity HubHe was known to be a tough and exacting boss who regularly and relentlessly drilled his analysts to prepare them for client meetings.
Gideon Gartner, visionary of technology research, dies at 85 | Glenn Rifkin | December 18, 2020 | Washington PostQualification is exacting, and a majority of the teams that do qualify are from the West.
Brazier was feared for her ferocious tempers and respected for her exacting standards.
Munro is a great writer; a wise writer; a free and brave, exacting, transformative, generous, and profoundly discreet writer.
But exacting concessions from the mediator is not the point.
Jonathan Pollard Means Israeli-American Squabbling Instead of Israeli-Palestinian Negotiation | Raphael Magarik | July 26, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTBut legal justice, no less moral or exacting, is something else.
My First Autopsy Report: Excerpt From David Berg’s ‘Run, Brother, Run’` | David Berg | June 10, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTHe knew his control was not equal to the task; he would betray himself; the rôle was too exacting.
The Wave | Algernon BlackwoodMr. Carr, who had his eyes on the exacting baby, shook his head, and intimated that he was really unable to understand her.
Elster's Folly | Mrs. Henry WoodMarriage, and later the birth of his son had softened Armand Aubigny's imperious and exacting nature greatly.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinAt the end of the concerto the applause was generous enough to satisfy the most exacting virtuoso.
The Fifth String | John Philip SousaAs they get accustomed to her, they want to rule her, and the more one gives them the more exacting they become.
Camille (La Dame aux Camilias) | Alexandre Dumas, fils
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