painstaking
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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
As the jeweler quietly continued working on the white-gold-and-platinum bracelet, hole by painstaking hole, she was interrupted by an observer, a compact 58-year-old man.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026
His aides describe days of painstaking preparation before major addresses to live audiences.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 17, 2026
When the U.S. has looked to clear mines in the past, it’s been a painstaking process.
From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026
“It is, above all, arduous, painstaking work that calls for an intense effort, perseverance, stamina, fortitude, will power, serious knowledge and great mastery.”
From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin
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