as in careful
taking, showing, or involving great care and effort
did a meticulous job of restoring the painting
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Recent Examples of meticulous
The shoe is crafted using the tubular construction method, which involves meticulous hand-stitching and assembly, resulting in a flexible and lightweight silhouette.
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Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 10 July 2025
Despite months of meticulous planning, there will always be uncontrollable variables that require monitoring..
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 July 2025
Without meticulous planning, critical information can be misplaced or incorrectly related, leading to significant operational demanding situations.
—Vamsi Gosu, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
After a year and a half, Baltusrol Golf Club’s Upper Course has been reborn through a meticulous $23 million restoration project overseen by golf architect Gil Hanse, one of the hottest names in the design game.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Karla Rodriguez, Footwear News, 10 July 2025
Despite months of meticulous planning, there will always be uncontrollable variables that require monitoring..
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 July 2025
Without meticulous planning, critical information can be misplaced or incorrectly related, leading to significant operational demanding situations.
—Vamsi Gosu, Forbes.com, 23 June 2025
After a year and a half, Baltusrol Golf Club’s Upper Course has been reborn through a meticulous $23 million restoration project overseen by golf architect Gil Hanse, one of the hottest names in the design game.
—Erik Matuszewski, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meticulous
Adjective
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However, later in the day, be careful about jumping to conclusions when dealing with others.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
13 July 2025
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The takeaway: Be careful about triggering too many credit inquiries.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
13 July 2025
Adjective
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The documents included emails, personal essays and other academic records, which showed Crooks to be a conscientious and intelligent college student with an interest in engineering as well as a clear skepticism of the federal government and corporations.—
Emily Mae Czachor
July 13,
CBS News,
13 July 2025
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More than 70% of participants were classified as open-minded, conscientious, and emotionally stable, suggesting the sample may not reflect the broader personality distribution in the general population, the authors noted.—
Brian Mastroianni,
Health,
9 July 2025
Adjective
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More from Think Texas: 'Loyal and loving native son': Ben Johnson writes compelling yet critical history of Texas The Runaway Scrape set the mold.—
Michael Barnes,
Austin American Statesman,
2 July 2025
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The actress not only received laughs as the loving and witty wife of her husband, George, but also made television history.—
Christopher Rudolph,
People.com,
2 July 2025
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That takes diligent work – sifting through records, tracking down the people with the key information, sometimes fighting to get that information made public.—
Jeff Suess,
The Enquirer,
2 July 2025
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That scouts regard Bogaerts as one of MLB’s most diligent workers is actually concerning.—
Tom Krasovic,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2025
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“Meticulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meticulous. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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