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painstaking

[peynz-tey-king, peyn-stey-] / ˈpeɪnzˌteɪ kɪŋ, ˈpeɪnˌsteɪ- /


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As evidence like this emerged, Yusron would co-ordinate it - following up with calls to the students making the allegations, and keeping painstaking notes.

From BBC Sep. 19, 2026

They arrived through painstaking reporting by ProPublica and The New Yorker’s Dexter Filkins and were confirmed in meaningful respects by the people involved.

From Salon Sep. 17, 2026

The homeowners collaborated with the Frank Lloyd Wright Building Conservancy on a painstaking, down-to-the-studs restoration and modernization of the space.

From MarketWatch Sep. 9, 2026

Soldatov, the expert on Russian security services, said what was needed was "a systematic effort to improve intelligence-sharing across European agencies, combined with painstaking intelligence work".

From Barron's Sep. 3, 2026

There was the high bench over which Father had bent for so many years, doing the delicate, painstaking work that was known as the finest in Holland.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom




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