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
Some have criticized the FBI for a lack of diligence in the wake of Wednesday’s shooting in Minneapolis.
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Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025
One big factor working in their favor is that homicide investigations are highly prioritized in a police department, meaning they are treated with diligence that is typically more likely to yield convictions.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
The concern materialized into a third-party investigative firm digging into West’s past to produce an extensive due-diligence background report.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Rehabbing the company’s public reputation could be the part that takes even more time and diligence.
—Annika Kim Constantino,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
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Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 30 Aug. 2025
One big factor working in their favor is that homicide investigations are highly prioritized in a police department, meaning they are treated with diligence that is typically more likely to yield convictions.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
The concern materialized into a third-party investigative firm digging into West’s past to produce an extensive due-diligence background report.
—Cheyenne Roundtree, Rolling Stone, 28 Aug. 2025
Rehabbing the company’s public reputation could be the part that takes even more time and diligence.
—Annika Kim Constantino,bertha Coombs, CNBC, 26 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diligence
Noun
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The merging of the modern and traditional is an effort to help people find God in a new way, said Reverend Jason Roberson, the head priest at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral, and to mark the church’s entry into a new century.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
10 Sep. 2025
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With the sandboxing proposal, companies could identify regulations that are obstructing their efforts, and ask for a waiver.—
Emily Wilkins,
CNBC,
10 Sep. 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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While individual particles may be microscopic, their sheer numbers and persistence pose a long-term hazard.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
8 Sep. 2025
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Other risks include data poisoning, context hijacking and large language model (LLM) memory persistence, where cached queries or context reuse could expose sensitive information to subsequent users.—
Camellia Chan,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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There’s something intrinsic about following that route from city to sea in a region where life and work and industry were dictated by the river for so long.—
George Caulkin,
New York Times,
6 Sep. 2025
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Interior trims range from basic to luxurious, but all feature easy to use controls, physical switches and dials for key functions and one of the auto industry’s best touch screens and infotainment systems.—
Mark Phelan,
Freep.com,
6 Sep. 2025
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Thirty-three states have enacted legislation regarding school cellphone usage amid a growing push to restrict students’ smartphone access in schools, primarily due to mental health and concerns about academic attentiveness.—
Rachel Hale,
USA Today,
19 Aug. 2025
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This helps replicate the attentiveness of an in-store associate at scale.—
Charisma Glassman,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Jalen Carter’s ejection understandably received the attention on Thursday, but Jordan Davis’ performance should not be lost in the shuffle.—
Zach Berman,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
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Of course, Grande just appearing anywhere tonight garnered attention from fans in the room.—
Stacy Lambe,
PEOPLE,
8 Sep. 2025
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“Diligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diligence. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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