as in diligence
attentive and persistent effort
with painstaking assiduousness investigators finally cracked the case of the stolen works of art
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Noun
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Your diligence in maintaining these connections is likely to yield significant advantages over the course of your career.—
Johnny C. Taylor Jr,
USA Today,
17 June 2025 -
The company must manage two timelines: an IPO process governed by SEC filings, investor meetings and pricing and an M&A process defined by diligence and negotiation.—
Ankit Aggarwal,
Forbes.com,
5 June 2025
Noun
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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
Noun
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Seizing his chance, Berl offered to take Suzanne abroad—but not before Breton, hearing of the departure at the last minute, rushed with several friends to the Gare de Lyon in an effort to stop them.—
Mark Polizzoti
June 16,
Literary Hub,
16 June 2025
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Rose was part of an intense effort to secure those changes.—
David Folkenflik,
NPR,
16 June 2025
Noun
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His spirit of persistence and craftsmanship continues to shape the bourbon industry today.—
Joseph V Micallef,
Forbes.com,
21 June 2025
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It’s been reopened in chunks, thanks to the unrelenting optimism and irrational persistence of a corps of downtown residents led by Rodriguez and Rosa Chang.—
Justin Davidson,
Curbed,
16 June 2025
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In theory, tariffs protected developing industries in their vulnerable early stages.—
Daniel Immerwahr,
New Yorker,
16 June 2025
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From his view, the modeling industry has a lack of models of Middle Eastern heritage, especially male ones.—
Rosemary Feitelberg,
Footwear News,
16 June 2025
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“Assiduousness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/assiduousness. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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