as in attention
strict attentiveness to what one is doing
the meticulosity with which she placed each piece of china, crystal, and silver on the table
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for meticulosity
Noun
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Entertainment gossip and news from Newsweek's network of contributors 2025 has been a good year for game releases so far, with a brand-new console in the Switch 2, some big hitters like Monster Hunter Wilds, and plenty of smaller indie releases that have gotten big attention.—
Oliver Brandt,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Aug. 2025 -
But Disney+ has been getting attention for the latest version, technically the 40th and 41st series of the time-jumping character.—
Brian Tallerico,
Vulture,
1 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The team has doubled down on human contact and personal care at a time when automation and artificial intelligence have dominated service models.—
William Jones,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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The hospital system is managing the influx while providing necessary medical care to all those injured.—
Hollie Silverman
Adeola Adeosun,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 July 2025
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Visitors will learn how that experience influenced his lifelong interest in capturing the clothing, gestures, and style of his subjects with precision.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
1 Aug. 2025
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The wine cellar is stacked like an old-money Bond villain’s dream: over 1,000 bottles, big on rare Burgundies and Old World precision.—
Lela London,
Forbes.com,
1 Aug. 2025
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And now his most recent debacle of no-bid contracts to his donors to build a detention (concentration) camp in the Everglades screams a total lack of transparency.—
Letters to the Editor,
The Orlando Sentinel,
2 Aug. 2025
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In addition, the EPA launched a fire tracker that shows pollutant concentrations measured by these sensors.—
Andrew Montequin,
jsonline.com,
2 Aug. 2025
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Good people embody qualities like calmness, conscientiousness, universalism, agreeableness, warmth, security, tradition and conformity.—
Mark Travers,
Forbes.com,
15 July 2025
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When compared to extraversion, conscientiousness is more strongly related to academic success, work performance and lower rates of substance use.—
Jasmine Mote,
Scientific American,
7 July 2025
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As fans and players revelled in the looseness of fan week with carefree smiles and unserious exhibitions, the tennis calendar paid no heed.—
Lukas Weese,
The Athletic,
25 Aug. 2024
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Given that its magnetosphere factory lies in the mantle layer rather than the core, the planet pays no heed to the centrality rules that govern typical magnetospheres.—
Shi En Kim,
Smithsonian Magazine,
5 Nov. 2024
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Chinese authorities are limiting state employees’ overseas travel as part of a larger effort to tighten control over government workers.—
J.D. Capelouto,
semafor.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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Aircraft were deployed to support firefighting efforts in areas that were difficult for ground crews to reach, according to the Southwest team.—
Rey Covarrubias Jr,
AZCentral.com,
3 Aug. 2025
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“Meticulosity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/meticulosity. Accessed 7 Aug. 2025.
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