fastidious
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Susan Lazar Mussaffi, a Miami-based chef, was fastidious about following the packing advice for her Bordier butter after braving La Grande Épicerie’s Christmas crowds to get it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026
Go see this master of gripping narratives, fastidious painting technique and extravagant propaganda while you can.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 29, 2025
And its fastidious standards of excellence have never wavered.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 16, 2025
The fastidious Mendoza needs to get his platoon rescued but he can’t concentrate on coordinates.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
The workmanship was no less fastidious even at the bottom of the board, near the doorsill, where the two penmen, each in his turn, had obviously lain on their stomachs.
From "Franny and Zooey" by J. D. Salinger
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