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painstaking

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


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This is, to put it plainly, the stuff of well-considered emotional rawness, painstaking portraiture of our collective pasts.

From Salon • May 12, 2026

“We’re going through it in painstaking detail right now,” Choi said when asked about the short-swing profit rule.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 29, 2026

A painstaking three days were spent examining the skeleton in situ before he was removed, with all but a small toe bone recovered.

From BBC • Apr. 27, 2026

The challenge for management, directors and investors is to have patience through this painstaking process while simultaneously kicking the tires and asking all the right questions during the building process.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 10, 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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