as in diligence
attentive and persistent effort
this project has been successful only through the assiduity of a lot of people
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Recent Examples of assiduity
While the Queen Mother was very fond of this Queen Victoria tiara and wore it with relative assiduity, her daughter only wore it once in public, on an official trip to Malta in November 2005.
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Ana Serrano, Glamour, 7 Dec. 2025
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
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
Ana Serrano, Glamour, 7 Dec. 2025
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
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
Recent Examples of Synonyms for assiduity
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But while publicly lauding the diligence of IRS officials is an appropriate move for Treasury secretaries, those officials will need resources, and possibly more colleagues, to maintain it.—
Marie Sapirie,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 2026
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Other clubs had also been aware of this particular concern, noting his creditable goalscoring record, but also his shortcomings, including his off-the-ball diligence and ability to fashion chances himself.—
Jacob Tanswell,
New York Times,
16 Jan. 2026
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The victims, all elementary school students, got into difficulty in a frozen pond in Bonham, a city about 60 miles northeast of Dallas, triggering a desperate effort by their mother and a neighbor to save them, FOX 4 reported.—
Michael Dorgan,
FOXNews.com,
28 Jan. 2026
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The project also reflects Beijing’s broader effort to anchor long-term energy security with low-carbon baseload power.—
Aamir Khollam,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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Rye and apple brandy are fast friends—the apple brandy adding an autumnal echo to rye’s grainy persistence.—
Jeremy Repanich,
Robb Report,
24 Jan. 2026
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Passion and persistence powered the effort.—
Gary Drenik,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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This culture emphasizes individual responsibility, industriousness, respect for the rule of law, the dignity of conscience, and the limits of liberty rightly understood.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Nov. 2025
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Memory has consistently been among the most cyclical industries within semiconductors.—
Trefis Team,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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Content created by members of Rolling Stone Culture Council, an invitation-only network of industry professionals who share their insights with our audience.—
Jonathan Kleeman,
Rolling Stone,
28 Jan. 2026
Cite this Entry
“Assiduity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assiduity. Accessed 31 Jan. 2026.
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