scrupulous

Example Sentences

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DePetro isn’t especially scrupulous about what he allows on his social feeds.

From Slate • Feb. 23, 2026

Knowing that Viollet-le-Duc’s restorations were based on scrupulous archaeological research, we naturally expect his drawings to be technical in nature.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 18, 2026

Nonetheless, the portfolio’s impressive return reminds us of the need to cultivate scrupulous objectivity when digesting the financial news.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 24, 2025

Damar's indignation about his eviction even comes with a scrupulous caveat: "I'm not angry at the tourists. I'm just angry at my own government."

From BBC • Oct. 18, 2025

The new attitude to evidence, which Sprat had praised as ‘this Inquiring, this scrupulous, this incredulous Temper’, had encouraged a general scepticism of miracles, providences and witchcraft.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton