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painstaking

[paynz-tay-king, payn-stay-] / ˈpeɪnzˌteɪ kɪŋ, ˈpeɪnˌsteɪ- /


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Their painstaking downsizing process took about five months.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 8, 2026

The planters are original to the stadium’s 1962 construction, and many had crumbled badly enough over the decades to need painstaking repair.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 21, 2026

Now, after a decade of experiments, corrections, and painstaking analysis, the answer was sitting inside a sealed envelope.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 20, 2026

It has survived wars and upheavals, but the famed handwoven Kashmir carpet industry is now battling a steady decline as younger generations abandon the painstaking craft.

From Barron's ● Aug. 27, 2026

In my slow, painstaking, ragged handwriting, I copied into my tablet everything printed on that first page, down to the punctuation marks.

From "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Alex Malcolm X;Hailey




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