meticulous
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Senior investigating officer Det Supt Robin Fuller said it was a "complex investigation that involved meticulous enquiries, evidence gathering and partnership working".
From BBC ● Oct. 30, 2026
We’re like, “We need meticulous feedback about how this is looking.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 23, 2026
It’s a tale of an exacting, step-by-step plan to rob a racetrack and how it is wittily undone by even more meticulous and unforgiving fate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026
Xi thanked his hosts for receiving him and his wife with "meticulous care and consideration"
From BBC ● Sep. 25, 2026
I had ever considered myself, up until that point, as possessed of a meticulous and even over-fastidious disposition.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
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