laboriously

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The garden's collection has been laboriously reassembled after it had perished during World War II -- through decades of purchases, exchanges and numerous scientific missions that took Ivannikov's senior colleagues across several continents.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

She worked at the Harvard College Observatory as a “human computer,” laboriously measuring the positions and brightness of thousands of stars on photographic plates.

From Salon • Feb. 14, 2025

The list of phrases has grown manually and laboriously to more than 5000 known “fingerprints” of potential misconduct.

From Science Magazine • May 31, 2024

Plus, it would be easier to just tie a rope around the stones, rather than laboriously chisel out a hole.

From Slate • Nov. 11, 2023

He was digging in his garden—digging, too, in his own mind, laboriously turning up the substance of his thought.

From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley