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Recent Examples of assiduity 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
Noun
  • The earliest adopters will unlock faster diligence, sharper insights, and more LP dollars flowing to their funds.
    Don Muir, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The league might be skeptical that the Clippers were merely ignorant of the Aspiration-Leonard relationship and question why the team didn’t undertake more diligence.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 10 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Where YouTube is concerned, though, Goodell sees additional value available to the NFL brand beyond eyes on screens — including the ability to reach a younger audience and the integration of YouTube creators with tens of millions of subscribers into the NFL’s broader marketing efforts.
    Jourdan Rodrigue, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Instead, companies need a continuous optimization cycle that involves systematically identifying processes for automation, prioritizing them based on an impact-versus-effort analysis, and deploying the best available solution at that moment.
    Bob Violino, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • But when companies dig in, persistence alone isn’t enough.
    Christopher Elliott, Mercury News, 20 Sep. 2025
  • And with that, the modern Cinderella story continues—proving that sometimes, magic is less about fairy godmothers and more about persistence, pivots, and the courage to start building your own AI Agent.
    Sandy Carter, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Attempts to clean up the industry Speeding tickets in California come with fines and points, which the DMV adds to individuals’ driving records to monitor for negligent drivers.
    William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Instead, it is extensively used in the glass industry for creating borosilicate glasses, in nuclear applications as a neutron absorber, and in advanced ceramics.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 26 Sep. 2025

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“Assiduity.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assiduity. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.

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