rigorous
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“Microsoft only files H-1B petitions for those who meet the rigorous standards of this visa category.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 8, 2026
That doesn’t sound like an environment of rigorous debate and scholarship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 8, 2026
"We welcome rigorous independent evaluation, but we do not believe Common Sense Media's testing accurately reflects how ChatGPT's teen safeguards work in practice or expert perspectives on how AI can support teens," he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 7, 2026
An actor's voice "is the result of years of rigorous training and apprenticeship" to hone talent, Yuko Sasaki, executive director of the Japan Actors Union, told AFP ahead of the ruling.
From Barron's ● Sep. 30, 2026
The scientist must be slow, scrupulous, severe, rigorous.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
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