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
They are known for their excellent diligence and for running many of the most successful campaigns.
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
Turner hasn’t forgotten the diligence his younger teammate showed throughout what could have been a frustrating period of his career.
—Jay King, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Global brands are bound by emerging due-diligence frameworks such as the EU Corporate Sustainability Directive and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises to ensure that the factories in their supply chains respect workers’ right to organize.
—Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
Your diligence now will be rewarded in the not-so-distant future.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
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Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 25 Oct. 2025
Turner hasn’t forgotten the diligence his younger teammate showed throughout what could have been a frustrating period of his career.
—Jay King, New York Times, 16 Oct. 2025
Global brands are bound by emerging due-diligence frameworks such as the EU Corporate Sustainability Directive and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises to ensure that the factories in their supply chains respect workers’ right to organize.
—Sourcing Journal, 15 Oct. 2025
Your diligence now will be rewarded in the not-so-distant future.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diligence
Noun
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Even as federal funding resumes, local colleges, businesses and nonprofits are joining county agencies in maintaining relief efforts for as long as Sacramento-area residents need them.—
Cathie Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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The first Black cemetery in Tarrant County, home to the remains of more than 500 veterans, was rededicated on Veterans Day after a months-long restoration effort.—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Nov. 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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The persistence of terrorism in Nigeria, whose northern states abut the West African Sahel region, has strategic implications for the country and beyond if the trend is not reversed and decisively crushed.—
Kingsley Moghalu,
semafor.com,
10 Nov. 2025
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The study’s insights could help scientists model pollutant persistence and even engineer better cleanup materials inspired by these minerals.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
4 Nov. 2025
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With successful pilot projects, supportive policies, and industry investment, progress is accelerating.—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Nov. 2025
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And the industry doesn’t need a backstop to stop companies from falling off a cliff.—
Reed Albergotti,
semafor.com,
7 Nov. 2025
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Creating the menu for the new restaurant took that same attentiveness.—
Nicole Hoey,
Robb Report,
6 Nov. 2025
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Tilting your head toward another person indicates attentiveness and eagerness.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
4 Nov. 2025
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The bill passed in June without media attention, while bombs were dropping on Iran.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
10 Nov. 2025
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But Vanderbilt, as attention, pressure and fatigue rise on a pursuit no one outside its camp expected, is essentially two teams with two games left in the 2025 regular season.—
Joe Rexrode,
New York Times,
9 Nov. 2025
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“Diligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diligence. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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