take pains
Example Sentences
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Fed officials didn’t always take pains to communicate with the markets and the public.
From MarketWatch • Feb. 3, 2026
The people interviewed take pains to compliment Mr. Chase, though even a longtime collaborator like Alan Zweibel, who wrote for “SNL,” can’t repair 50 years of bad vibes.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 30, 2025
The modern U.S. national security apparatus is sluggish and imperfect, but it does take pains to collect vast arrays of input from intelligence assets, analysts, generals, think tanks, congressional committees and Cabinet officials.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 11, 2023
While a human perpetrator may take pains not to leave their own DNA behind, transferred cat hair contains its own DNA that could provide a link between a suspect and a crime-scene, or a victim.
From Science Daily • Oct. 30, 2023
Honest mistakes must be clearly distinguished from a failure to take pains.
From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
