scrupulous
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"Why should we be so scrupulous in declaring everything, if he were to be able to get away with this?" one said to me.
From BBC ● Jul. 6, 2026
You don’t know them outside of the clips–slash–paid ads, but you feel like you do, which makes it all the more difficult for actually scrupulous journalists and fact-finders to break through and correct the record.
From Slate ● May 6, 2026
The scrupulous observance of parole by released officers in the early months of the Civil War reads like tales of the age of chivalry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 20, 2026
The company briefly banned effects that “cannot be mimicked by makeup” and then walked the decision back amid fears Instagram would lose market share to less scrupulous actors.
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 11, 2026
But Gregor thought about them with scrupulous consideration and intended to explain the matter ceremoniously on Christmas Eve.
From "The Metamorphosis" by Franz Kafka
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