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stickler

[stik-ler] / ˈstɪk lər /


NOUN
insistent person
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Still, Monroe is a stickler for keeping her diet affordable.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

When Claudius v1 came online, there were only a handful of co-workers in the Slack channel, and the bot, powered by large language model Claude 3.7 Sonnet, was a stickler for the rules:

From The Wall Street Journal Dec. 18, 2025

You seem to be a stickler for detail, so that came as a surprise.

From MarketWatch Oct. 27, 2025

We know Maresca is a stickler for playing out from the back, but doing that against Newcastle is asking for trouble.

From BBC May 8, 2025

Plus, her mom is a bit of a stickler about phone minutes, and Dee only gets fifteen dollars’ worth a week.

From "Ask the Passengers" by A.S. King




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