as in engaged
involved in often constant activity
a student who has been unceasingly diligent in pursuit of a degree in mathematics
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Recent Examples of diligent
Help recognize those keeping Anaheim beautiful Here is an opportunity to compliment and recognize your neighbors for their diligent work on maintaining their property.
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Andrea Manes, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
In normal times, the agency acts like a loving but diligent parent, dispensing money at regular intervals to insure the kids don’t spend it all at once.
—Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
In recent years, officials have been far more diligent about timekeeping, leading to a rise in the volume of stoppage time played.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Associations that keep up with laws and embrace diligent management are simply better positioned for long-term stability and sustained owner confidence, even in the face of a shifting and sometimes unpredictable market.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
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Andrea Manes, Oc Register, 23 Oct. 2025
In normal times, the agency acts like a loving but diligent parent, dispensing money at regular intervals to insure the kids don’t spend it all at once.
—Andy Kroll, New Yorker, 17 Oct. 2025
In recent years, officials have been far more diligent about timekeeping, leading to a rise in the volume of stoppage time played.
—Conor O'Neill, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Associations that keep up with laws and embrace diligent management are simply better positioned for long-term stability and sustained owner confidence, even in the face of a shifting and sometimes unpredictable market.
—Maria Williams, USA Today, 25 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for diligent
Adjective
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Greg Tate, Joan Morgan, and Mike Davis then became my models of engaged writing and criticism.—
Erik Pedersen,
Oc Register,
28 Oct. 2025
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The two began dating in 2003 and quickly became engaged.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
25 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Under Armour has also been busy making bigger investments in the performance shoe category.—
Vicki M. Young,
Footwear News,
31 Oct. 2025
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The folks at East Fork have been busy this year.—
Emily Farris,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
31 Oct. 2025
Adjective
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Displacing the ’90s boom bap and aughts brawlers of her last album is a streak of assiduous ’80s R&B exercises that foreground her gains as a vocalist more often than her gobstopping wordplay as a rapper.—
Craig Jenkins,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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Smith, a former C.E.O. of Madison Square Garden, was an assiduous, somewhat robotic character, who had been appointed four and a half years earlier to modernize the auction house, which was the oldest company listed on the New York Stock Exchange.—
Sam Knight,
New Yorker,
25 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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The county has implemented active-shooter training for the first time and continues to absorb overtime costs.—
Stepheny Price,
FOXNews.com,
2 Nov. 2025
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Lauder is still a board member and active shareholder of Estée Lauder.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
2 Nov. 2025
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“Diligent.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diligent. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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