as in diligent
involved in often constant activity
an impressively sedulous suitor, he was constantly sending her flowers and other tokens of his affection
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Recent Examples of sedulous
Trushant Mehta is a philomath and a sedulous and inquisitive tech evangelist.
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Trushant Mehta, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Putting festivals like this on stage is clearly just one part of the slow, sedulous work of relationship building and repair.
—Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
Among the advantages that billionaires receive due to their wealth is sedulous defenses by journalists and other camp followers.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
Led by Martin Amis, their ranks included Julian Barnes, Salman Rushdie—and a sedulous outlier named A.N. Wilson.
—Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
The skirmish over Arista was the second great battle of Clive’s life, as a sedulous Vanity Fair account of the affair put it.
—Amy X. Wang, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2021
Trushant Mehta, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Putting festivals like this on stage is clearly just one part of the slow, sedulous work of relationship building and repair.
—Jeremy Eichler, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Mar. 2023
Among the advantages that billionaires receive due to their wealth is sedulous defenses by journalists and other camp followers.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2022
Led by Martin Amis, their ranks included Julian Barnes, Salman Rushdie—and a sedulous outlier named A.N. Wilson.
—Brenda Cronin, WSJ, 28 Oct. 2022
The skirmish over Arista was the second great battle of Clive’s life, as a sedulous Vanity Fair account of the affair put it.
—Amy X. Wang, Rolling Stone, 9 Sep. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sedulous
Adjective
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If a separate closet or dresser outside the bathroom is unavailable to you, then Trosclair advises being diligent in cycling through your linens and washing them regularly to fight any mildewing, molding, or weathering from the moisture.—
Hallie Milstein,
Southern Living,
2 Sep. 2025
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Look and Life passed on the story of the My Lai massacre (originally called the Pinkville massacre), but thanks to the diligent startup Dispatch News Service, an alternative news agency, Hersh’s exposé made it onto the front pages of more than 30 papers across the country.—
Sheri Linden,
HollywoodReporter,
29 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Tug-of-war also channels a dog’s natural instincts of capturing prey, keeping them engaged.—
Kelsey Monstrola,
USA Today,
5 Sep. 2025
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Swift and Travis, both 35, became engaged in August 2023.—
Ilana Kaplan,
PEOPLE,
4 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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Panouses advises his clients to use intermediaries where possible and claim their prizes on busy news days, such as Election Day, to avoid coverage.—
Safiyah Riddle,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Sep. 2025
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This ought to be enough to keep you busy for a little while.—
Neil Sperry,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 Sep. 2025
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“Sedulous.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sedulous. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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