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In a world where time is finite, the distractions on my phone redirect me from what matters most: quality time with friends and family, effort toward my studies, and the painstaking process of graduate-school applications.

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But those deals require painstaking planning with both wireless companies and their national regulators in each country.

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They coaxed performances from Indy using a painstaking process of setting up experiences for him to react to, whether it was strategically employing food or creating a noise that’s novel to Indy.

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It was the start of a painstaking investigation which eventually solved a 100-year-old mystery by identifying two missing Scottish soldiers.

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Four long days of painstaking concentration, trials and tribulations as rivals fall by the wayside - all for the chance to witness this kind of compelling climax.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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