closely/well observed

idiom

: very realistic

The story is a closely/well observed portrait of the city.

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The person familiar with the matter is someone who closely observed the Israel-Hamas ceasefire and hostage negotiations for the past 15 months, including an earlier agreement reached in November 2023. —

Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY, 24 Jan. 2025 Having closely observed the journeyman actor’s interactions at a popular Hollywood restaurant, Yerkovich was certain Johnson had the perfect combination of charisma and confidence to carry the series. —

airmail.news, 28 Dec. 2024 Also, the pod should be closely observed to see how climate change affects them. —

Paul Smaglik, Discover Magazine, 29 Nov. 2024 The Corrections, published in 2001, roughly a week before 9/11, became a personal epic whose life came from Franzen’s closely observed, often comic, hypervivid characters. —

Adam Moss, Vulture, 25 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for closely/well observed

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