as in diligence
attentive and persistent effort
she did twice as much work as anyone else through sheer industriousness
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for industriousness
Noun
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California officials note that the state has tens of millions of voters, and say delays are due to its diligence in making sure that every valid ballot counts.—
Kevin Rector,
Los Angeles Times,
3 Apr. 2025 -
Duty Of Care The duty of care obligates fiduciaries to exercise a high standard of professionalism, prudence, and diligence in managing your finances.—
True Tamplin,
Forbes.com,
31 Mar. 2025
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OpenAI recommends including three key reminders in all agent prompts: persistence (keeping going until resolution), tool-calling (using available tools rather than guessing), and planning (thinking before acting).—
Jodie Cook,
Forbes.com,
22 Apr. 2025
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Zaragoza’s persistence, and Martinez’s gamble to uproot his family, were massively rewarded in the years that followed.—
Joshua Korber Hoffman,
CNN Money,
21 Apr. 2025
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Taking away a tool that saves millions of Americans money to boost the tax prep industry's profits is another corrupt giveaway to Big Business.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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The enthusiasm has spawned an industry that turns offal—a catchall term for an animal’s nonmuscular parts—into pill or powdered form.—
Valerie Trapp,
The Atlantic,
17 Apr. 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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Advertisement Advertisement The attacks represent one of Trump’s most pointed efforts yet to undermine the political independence of an institution historically insulated from White House influence to ensure stable economic stewardship.—
Nik Popli,
Time,
17 Apr. 2025
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The team hopes that the discovery showing the ancient human connection to great bustards spurs more conservation efforts to keep this population from going extinct.—
Laura Baisas,
Popular Science,
17 Apr. 2025
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