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as in actively
in a manner involving great or constant activity
struggling diligently to contact everyone who might need a ride to the polls
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as in hard
with great effort or determination
working diligently to finish his documentary in time for the film festival
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Recent Examples of diligently
The top four appropriators, Cole, Collins, House ranking member Rosa DeLauro (D-MA), and Senate ranking member Patty Murray (D-WA), have to diligently work together in an effort to achieve the tough process of passing 12 appropriations bills across the floor of both chambers.
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Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2025
While many companies initially invested diligently in their AI teams and development, the technology has sometimes led to those exact roles being deemed unnecessary.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
This self-emptying Shark robot vacuum has powerful suction and mopping capabilities, and works diligently to clean small spaces like under your bed or couch.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2025
The Times points out that one of Spears’ legal arguments is that the Times should have engaged more diligently with Alabama to ascertain facts.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Fortunately, online platforms work diligently to address these issues and provide workarounds.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Inside a community hall early Monday morning, Rita Lifshitz diligently organized the refreshments for the gathering.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
Lazary was most impressed with how diligently and unselfishly Haight developed from a top-line scorer into a responsible, third-line, two-way center.
—Joe Smith, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
With that said, Clesana has been working diligently on alternative films for years.
—New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
Rachel Schilke, The Washington Examiner, 23 Oct. 2025
While many companies initially invested diligently in their AI teams and development, the technology has sometimes led to those exact roles being deemed unnecessary.
—Suzanne Blake, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
This self-emptying Shark robot vacuum has powerful suction and mopping capabilities, and works diligently to clean small spaces like under your bed or couch.
—Alanna Martine Kilkeary, Glamour, 17 Oct. 2025
The Times points out that one of Spears’ legal arguments is that the Times should have engaged more diligently with Alabama to ascertain facts.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 14 Oct. 2025
Fortunately, online platforms work diligently to address these issues and provide workarounds.
—Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 14 Oct. 2025
Inside a community hall early Monday morning, Rita Lifshitz diligently organized the refreshments for the gathering.
—Tal Shalev, CNN Money, 13 Oct. 2025
Lazary was most impressed with how diligently and unselfishly Haight developed from a top-line scorer into a responsible, third-line, two-way center.
—Joe Smith, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
With that said, Clesana has been working diligently on alternative films for years.
—New Atlas, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diligently
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As Border patrol arrested one individual, who actively resisted arrest, pepper spray was deployed spray to deter the agitator and disperse the crowd.—
NPR,
NPR,
3 Nov. 2025
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Senators are actively discussing a deal that would reopen the government, including hashing out a new stopgap funding bill that would last at least until December — and possibly beyond.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
3 Nov. 2025
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There’s nobody who works harder than Cristobal.—
Barry Jackson,
Miami Herald,
3 Nov. 2025
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And even harder, the task ahead for that leader.—
Stephen J. Nesbitt,
New York Times,
3 Nov. 2025
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He was booed vigorously during pregame introductions Monday and is certain to get booed during every at-bat at Dodger Stadium.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
28 Oct. 2025
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Naroditsky, whose cause of death has not been made public, had vigorously denied cheating, and other chess champions agreed the claims were baseless.—
Julia Prodis Sulek,
Mercury News,
23 Oct. 2025
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And managers are reluctant to crack down too intensively.—
Peter Bart,
Deadline,
23 Oct. 2025
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Leyla’s was a Frenchman, an art collector twice her age, who picked her up in one of Moscow’s posh night clubs and began to educate her intensively.—
Julia Ioffe,
New Yorker,
19 Oct. 2025
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Though the talk was of the details of a life, the shadow that hung above our conversation, as one had hung above that life, was intently political.—
Adam Gopnik,
New Yorker,
30 Oct. 2025
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Rufus gathers from the firefighters that a gas main probably exploded while Mark captures, in his phone, the image of a man hovering by the accident, staring intently ahead like a ghost.—
Rafaela Bassili,
Vulture,
29 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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Make sure to eat a balanced diet and get adequate calories when exercising intensely.—
Wendy Wisner,
Health,
24 Oct. 2025
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Bottles may feature a variety of whole, colorful peppers, and the flavor is more acidic than intensely spicy.—
Katie Rosenhouse,
Southern Living,
22 Oct. 2025
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But the Americans, in full knowledge of Putin’s plans months in advance, assiduously did nothing to suggest a response other than sanctions, which Putin was prepared to withstand.—
Robert Kagan,
The Atlantic,
10 Sep. 2025
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The writer of the book about the stepfather also began to work assiduously at school, getting top grades in every subject.—
Rachel Cusk,
New Yorker,
24 Aug. 2025
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For a series about misfit intelligence operatives doggedly refusing to live up to even the lowest level of their potential, Apple TV’s Slow Horses is remarkably self-actualized.—
Daniel Fienberg,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Oct. 2025
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The novelist Adam Johnson is not a writer of that doggedly persistent kind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
16 Oct. 2025
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“Diligently.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diligently. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.
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