rigorous
adjective
rig·or·ous
ˈri-g(ə-)rəs 
rigorously
adverb
rigorousness
noun
Examples of rigorous in a Sentence
rigorous enforcement of the rules
a rigorous course of study
We subjected the data to a rigorous analysis.
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Dana Miranda, CNBC, 29 Apr. 2025
This month, a study found that the people who’d participated in a rigorous diet-and-exercise program in the late nineteen-nineties, as Bryant did, were substantially less likely to develop diabetes decades later.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 28 Apr. 2025
Taking the rigorous steps to join the community opens up a whole new world of possibilities.
—Alyssa Mercante, Rolling Stone, 28 Apr. 2025
The union, which is known to financially boost its preferred candidates and launch rigorous get-out-the-vote efforts for them, represents 200,000 nurses, therapists, hospital support staff and other health care workers in the city.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 25 Apr. 2025
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“Rigorous.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/rigorous. Accessed 3 May. 2025.
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rigorous
adjective
rig·or·ous
ˈrig-(ə-)rəs
1
: very strict
2
: marked by great differences of temperature or climate
3
: very accurate
rigorously
adverb
rigorousness
noun
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