rigor

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"We will move with urgency and scientific rigor to support the response and help bring a potential vaccine closer to the communities that need it most," said Stéphane Bancel, chief executive officer of Moderna.

From BBC • Jun. 1, 2026

This shift has sparked some controversy: Doctors’ groups say there is danger in deploying people who don’t undergo the rigor of medical school and residency to do unsupervised doctor-level work.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

Because when you strip away the scaffolding, when you set aside the tone and the length and the performance of rigor, what remains is not complicated at all.

From Slate • May 8, 2026

So it took a real rigor for me to know that if I wasn’t where I needed to be, I had to get better.

From Los Angeles Times • May 7, 2026

The rigor of the mourning for Remedios had been relegated to the background by the mortifications of the war, Aureliano's absence, Arcadio’s brutality, and the expulsion of José Arcadio and Rebeca.

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez