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The off-white form of the rustic terracotta jar, shattered over millenniums and fastidiously reassembled, is elegantly decorated in rich brown and black designs, including bursts of rosettes and abstract squiggles.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

Today a typical house in Jacobs’ home turf, the fastidiously preserved West Village, sells for more than $10 million.

From Slate • Sep. 16, 2024

Meier loves to "geek out" on new things and is therefore fastidiously making drinks inside the first of two coffee shops that he owns and runs with his wife in Girona.

From BBC • Mar. 4, 2024

That Guerlain is a family-run house across five successive generations is perhaps one reason why these archival pieces have been so fastidiously kept.

From Washington Times • Jun. 9, 2023

The bird had raised one wing and pecked fastidiously at its feathers beneath.

From "Son" by Lois Lowry