as in particular
hard to please
a newspaper who's old-fashionedly finical about proper grammar
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Recent Examples of finical
The finical, fanatical, reciprocal chiselling of mind and matter.
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Christian Wiman, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
Christian Wiman, The New Yorker, 6 Dec. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for finical
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The board says the standard has driven major changes in the state’s fuel market — in particular, the rapid adoption of renewable diesel made from vegetable oil.Grant Stringer, The Mercury News, 9 Nov. 2024
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One particular viral trend that the app can’t seem to shake?Ashia Aubourg, Outside Online, 8 Nov. 2024
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The researchers are careful to point out that this method was intended to work only with cooperative participants.Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 5 Nov. 2024
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This process begins with careful curation and labeling of data before it's fed into AI models.Rehan Jalil, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
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The panel's high refresh rate is also a nice touch, with a peak 120Hz for gaming and media creation.Brian Westover, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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His work garnered him a few nicknames, more followers and a nice pay bump.Kaycee Sloan, The Enquirer, 6 Nov. 2024
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We’re blessed this week with two crew nights out and a guest being finicky about drink garnishes.Emma Soren, Vulture, 5 Nov. 2024
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That’s when an oven thermometer becomes an essential kitchen tool for making sure your most finicky baked goods or your holiday dinner’s main course comes out correctly and on time.Adam Campbell-Schmitt, Bon Appétit, 16 Oct. 2024
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No — your daughter is being overly fastidious, as daughters sometimes are.Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 6 Nov. 2024
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The labs of the Middle East have never been as fastidious as the Bulgarian ones were about copying captagon.Ed Caesar, The New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2024
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The painter’s attempts to capture reality — so exacting, so careful, so prepared — end in what looks like failure.Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Aug. 2024
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The French have the historical edge, at least of topiary in its most exacting forms, with the grand formal gardens at the Palace of Versailles and swaths of rounded, bubbling topiary at the gardens of Marqueyssac.Sophie Elmhirst, The New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2024
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The dedicated graphics card is capable of 1080p gaming at medium settings just as long as the title isn’t too demanding and will help with any graphic design tasks.Jade Chung-Lee, PCMAG, 7 Nov. 2024
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Every iPhone 16 has 8 GB of RAM, yet that’s cutting it close for the most demanding titles and can lead to crashes.Craig Grannell, WIRED, 4 Nov. 2024
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Americans are not only picky about what goes between the slices of bread in a sandwich.Nina Turner, Newsweek, 30 Oct. 2024
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Both have kid’s menus with five options for picky eaters.Alev Aktar, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2024
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“Finical.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/finical. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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