adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
a painstaking search (= a very careful search )
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Police officers carried out a painstaking search of the area around the house.
painstaking research (= very careful and thorough research )
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She spent years carrying out painstaking historical research.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
process
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But it is still a painstaking process , and must be done well in advance of play.
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All are printed in platinum, an expensive and painstaking process that yields black-and-white prints of great textual richness.
research
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It's about painstaking research and laborious testing.
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Only by painstaking research are we able to paint an accurate picture of what is really happening.
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They have carried out a wealth of painstaking research while consciously seeking to resist the presuppositions of these established camps.
work
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But the legend never quite died, and two years ago, Hilton International began the painstaking work of reconstruction.
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For all Miss Macdonald's painstaking work , I could not get really interested in these itineraries.
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This feature is dedicated to the painstaking work of a gifted man.
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Turning out a well-finished car can take 400 hours of painstaking work .
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The painstaking work that keeps Blenheim beautiful.
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After crash investigators had finished the painstaking work of examining the scene for clues, the plane was partly dismantled.
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It took him eight hours of careful, painstaking work to reach the summit.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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painstaking research
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They began the long and painstaking task of compiling a bibliography.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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A delicate and painstaking examination with her fingertips yielded nothing.
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But even the most painstaking officials could overlook some estates.
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But the legend never quite died, and two years ago, Hilton International began the painstaking work of reconstruction.
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Chris described to her in painstaking detail the story of the cartoon they'd been watching.
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Designing the architecture is a painstaking trial-and-error effort.
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Knott was kindly, painstaking , cheerful, and imperturbably good-natured.
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This involved a painstaking search of the paper dictionary to find examples of each of the special characters.
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This involves several days of painstaking work to ensure accurate alignment.