fastidious

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If there is a consistency to his work, it is that of cool, fastidious stylishness, in which the particulars of site, client and program were the dominant factors, and not the personality of the architect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 28, 2025

It’s as fastidious as a desk clerk, with everything gridded and in shades of greige.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 13, 2025

But it narrows some of the fastidious distancing that there's been between what had happened at the shut down News of the World and the Sun.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2025

As Ruggero, he traced fastidious lines through the full length of Puccini’s lavish melodies, holding them taut before releasing them, and artfully negotiated his registers.

From New York Times • Apr. 3, 2024

Her father had been a fastidious man, impeccable, close- shaven, with razor-sharp creases pressed into his trousers.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García