painstaking
adjective
painstakingly
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a word derived from
painstaking.
Example Sentences
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Ertel, an interior designer, painstakingly curated the room.
From Salon ● Oct. 24, 2026
But what was inside was the response to her data request - pages and pages of her family history, including some medical details she had been painstakingly trying to track down for years.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
The 70-foot-wide curtain painstakingly created by L.A. artist Enrique Martínez Celaya is a surprising choice for a major opera house where one would expect a pattern or imagery related to storytelling.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026
Apple's manufacturing operation is among the most complex in corporate history, a web of hundreds of suppliers and assembly lines that Cook painstakingly built over decades.
From Barron's ● Aug. 31, 2026
But it was a slow process, and as he painstakingly ascended toward the crest of the Step, I nervously studied my watch and wondered whether I might run out of oxygen.
From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer
