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
The Commission will continue to carry out its duties with diligence and integrity.
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Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 9 May 2025
Ivey’s unbridled passion and diligence put her back on the hardwood just six weeks after giving birth to Jaden.
—Sharí Nycole, Essence, 26 Mar. 2025
The virtues associated with self-discipline include restraint, diligence, humility, and a dozen others.
—Andrew Abela, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Your diligence now will be rewarded in the not-so-distant future.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 May 2025
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Jaclyn Diaz, NPR, 9 May 2025
Ivey’s unbridled passion and diligence put her back on the hardwood just six weeks after giving birth to Jaden.
—Sharí Nycole, Essence, 26 Mar. 2025
The virtues associated with self-discipline include restraint, diligence, humility, and a dozen others.
—Andrew Abela, Forbes.com, 3 May 2025
Your diligence now will be rewarded in the not-so-distant future.
—Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for diligence
Recent Examples of Synonyms for diligence
Noun
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President Trump’s 2026 budget would freeze spending for many services for older adults, deeply cut others, continue his efforts to slash government staffing for key programs, and abolish a critical federal office that manages many of those initiatives.—
Howard Gleckman,
Forbes.com,
4 June 2025
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The Contenders is a midweek column that looks at artists aiming for the top of the Billboard charts, and the strategies behind their efforts.—
Andrew Unterberger,
Billboard,
4 June 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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By doing this, Els revealed the persistence of a parallel Afrikaner consciousness that remembers Apartheid not with shame, but with pride and nostalgia.—
Jordan King,
MSNBC Newsweek,
27 May 2025
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Your commitment will require endurance, grace, and persistence.—
Liz Simmons,
StyleCaster,
27 May 2025
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Horticultural vermiculite is mined with strict industry protocols and monitoring and is asbestos-free.—
Andy Wilcox,
Better Homes & Gardens,
4 June 2025
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Now, the industry’s eyes are on the bigger Warner picture.—
Ethan Millman,
HollywoodReporter,
4 June 2025
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This bespoke-level attention to craftsmanship is reflected in the buying process as well, with clients encouraged to first make an appointment to be fitted and styled at any of its 13 boutiques spread across the U.S. (five of which are in New York).—
Eric Twardzik,
Robb Report,
2 June 2025
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That song actually came late to that album; we were done recording and then the song was brought to my attention by Jonathan Daniel, who was managing Butch Walker at the time, who produced three of the songs.—
Emily Palmer Heller,
Vulture,
2 June 2025
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“Diligence.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/diligence. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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