One thing about lawyers: they are detail-oriented.    From Wordnik.com.  [Russell Shaw: If You "Hate Lawyers," I Already Know Something About You] Reference

Because I know you're a smart, detail-oriented guy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript May 7, 2004] Reference

Typically this work is detail-oriented and tedious.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fran Barrett: We Are Not Crooks!] Reference

This is not a work of detail-oriented craftsmanship.    From Wordnik.com.  [E. Lynn Harris's last novel, 'In My Father's House,' about a black model agency] Reference

It is bureaucratic and detail-oriented and daunting.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lisa Solod Warren: My Turn to Man the Polls in Small Town Virginia] Reference

"He was very precise, detail-oriented," said Drucker.    From Wordnik.com.  [Remembering Willis Conover] Reference

His detail-oriented behavior is getting on my nerves.    From Wordnik.com.  [haloaskew Diary Entry] Reference

But the way I work is, I'm much more detail-oriented.    From Wordnik.com.  [Meredith Lopez: Super Mom: Amanda Doss] Reference

He's impatient, detail-oriented and earnest to the bone.    From Wordnik.com.  [Healer Of Hearts] Reference

As with any detail-oriented business, mistakes get made.    From Wordnik.com.  [MAIL CALL: FUROR AND FALLOUT] Reference

"My critics would say I am too detail-oriented," he adds.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tumultuous Ad Market to Test New Ogilvy CEO] Reference

Well, people with autism tend to be very, very detail-oriented.    From Wordnik.com.  [Talking with Dr. Temple Grandin, Author of "Thinking in Pictures"] Reference

I need to know details - I am a detail-oriented girl, sometimes.    From Wordnik.com.  [jaxraven Diary Entry] Reference

The detail-oriented move-fast approach helped him land the CEO's job.    From Wordnik.com.  [Eskom's New Chief Builds Power Base] Reference

What's a detail-oriented post where you consistently want a hard line?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Obama And Clinton Met Tonight In Washington] Reference

The sound editor thanked director Chris Nolan for being detail-oriented.    From Wordnik.com.  [Live Blogging the Oscars] Reference

She's the reader every writer wants: very attentive, very detail-oriented.    From Wordnik.com.  ['The Passage' Teems With Viral Vampires] Reference

In fact, one person said the best way to show that you're detail-oriented.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Sep 28, 2007] Reference

But it is -- you know, he was very, very detail-oriented about everything.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Feb 6, 2006] Reference

BLITZER: But you know he's a very diligent, detail-oriented kind of lawyer.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Oct 28, 2005] Reference

I mean, he was jut an excellent, you know, detail-oriented type of a person.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Aug 2, 2005] Reference

One that is special -- detail-oriented and unique, but also very convertible.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rachel Strugatz: Jason Wu's Office: See What's Inside (PHOTOS)] Reference

That's what I've been focused on personally — to be more detail-oriented teacher.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dancing's Maks: Carrie Ann Had No Right to Try to Spank Me] Reference

Collaborators all say the same thing: Stiller is patient, meticulous, detail-oriented.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ben Stiller: 'I never talk to my shrink about comedy'] Reference

It helps to have someone coordinating the event who is responsible and detail-oriented.    From Wordnik.com.  [Writing Retreats «] Reference

You'll want to populate your team with detail-oriented people who can pick up the slack.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Hiring Managers:] Reference

Because I'm just so detail-oriented, I can drive myself and those around me a little insane.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Jun 25, 2008] Reference

There is a lot of history in comics and that appeals to people who are in detail-oriented jobs.    From Wordnik.com.  [Secret Lives of Comic Store Employees] Reference

Having worked with Karl for a number of years, I know that he is nothing if not detail-oriented.    From Wordnik.com.  [The childish political thought of the Tea Party] Reference

But in that detail-oriented approach, a man's physique isn't so much celebrated as it is upholstered.    From Wordnik.com.  [Workingman chic gets a pink slip for spring 2011] Reference

In your discussion, you'll want to stress the importance of being detail-oriented in written communication.    From Wordnik.com.  [Can Poor Spelling Derail a Career?] Reference

Nor did Obama's lengthy, detail-oriented responses lend themselves in any way toward Fox-sized sound bytes.    From Wordnik.com.  [14 Important Science Questions] Reference

Personality fit: Technically adaptive, highly motivated and detail-oriented commonly describe the naturals in this career.    From Wordnik.com.  [Career Paths] Reference

Ms. Rockmore, the detail-oriented taskmaster of the two, brings a background in brand management and new-product development.    From Wordnik.com.  [Before You Tie the Knot...] Reference

A man so famously detail-oriented and controlled would never sign his name to an official document without reading every word.    From Wordnik.com.  [Lesleyann Coker: Odd Bedfellows: General Stanley McChrystal and Helen Thomas] Reference

People who have worked with her describe her as detail-oriented and unimpressed by the trappings of celebrity that surround her.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hollywood Campaign] Reference

"Piyush is strategic, yet detail-oriented, and has the ability to nurture high-performing teams," DBS Chairman Koh Boon Hwee said.    From Wordnik.com.  [DBS Group Lures Gupta From Citi] Reference