as in effort
attentive and persistent effort
through the diligence and ingenuity of a single detective, the gang's ringleader was finally caught
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Recent Examples of diligence
The Commission will continue to carry out its duties with diligence and integrity.
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Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 9 May 2025
Ivey’s unbridled passion and diligence put her back on the hardwood just six weeks after giving birth to Jaden.
—Sharí Nycole, Essence, 26 Mar. 2025
The virtues associated with self-discipline include restraint, diligence, humility, and a dozen others.
—Andrew Abela, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Your diligence now will be rewarded in the not-so-distant future.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 May 2025
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Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 9 May 2025
Ivey’s unbridled passion and diligence put her back on the hardwood just six weeks after giving birth to Jaden.
—Sharí Nycole, Essence, 26 Mar. 2025
The virtues associated with self-discipline include restraint, diligence, humility, and a dozen others.
—Andrew Abela, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Your diligence now will be rewarded in the not-so-distant future.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for diligence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diligence
Noun
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Estes makes a load of different rockets based on real-world NASA craft, but our favorite has to be their replica of NASA's latest effort — the Space Launch System that will take Project Artemis back to the moon (and beyond).—
Ian Stokes,
Space.com,
23 May 2025
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The vast majority of Customer Success leaders (89%) are making scale and efficiency a primary goal of their efforts, according to a survey of research conducted by Gainsight.—
Stephen Diorio,
Forbes.com,
23 May 2025
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These indestructible treasures have always been buried in matter, awaiting the invention of scanning electron microscopes and scientists with enough assiduity to spend decades on end peering into their atomic eyes.—
Virginia Heffernan,
WIRED,
21 Mar. 2023
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Lee is hardly the first biographer to be wooed by the allure of her subject; to risk being squashed by the weight of her research; or to concede that, despite her assiduity, much will elude her grasp.—
Anthony Lane,
The New Yorker,
22 Feb. 2021
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Your commitment will require endurance, grace, and persistence.—
Liz Simmons,
StyleCaster,
27 May 2025
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By doing this, Els revealed the persistence of a parallel Afrikaner consciousness that remembers Apartheid not with shame, but with pride and nostalgia.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
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While the industry has diversified since 2020, change has been slow, The Times later reported.—
Clare Mulroy,
USA Today,
23 May 2025
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Published on May 23, 2025 Back in the 1950s and ’60s, when the British car industry was firing on all cylinders—anywhere from four to eight, to be exact—there was a plethora of marques catering to all budgets.—
Robert Ross,
Robb Report,
23 May 2025
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Last year’s opportunity, combined with growth that both Mason and legendary 49ers running backs coach Bobby Turner talked about at length, caught the attention of teams like the Vikings.—
Alec Lewis,
New York Times,
2 June 2025
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Some thinkers would envy the attention Yarvin is receiving.—
Ava Kofman,
New Yorker,
2 June 2025
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“Diligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diligence. Accessed 6 Jun. 2025.
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