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Compared with the improvisatory spirit of the staging, Metzmacher has been exacting with the score’s thorny rhythms and textures — which are foundational, he said, to the work’s emotional power.

From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2021

Moreover, the task of the Medical Department in connection with the new Army has been exacting.

From World's War Events, Vol. II by Reynolds, Francis J. (Francis Joseph)

And the Walnut has been exacting in its rights.

From A Master's Degree by McCarter, Margaret Hill