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diligence

[dil-i-juhns] / ˈdɪl ɪ dʒəns /


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Whipped up and given a sheen of analytic legitimacy by the Maven, military officials did not do their due diligence in the midst of hundreds of similar, simultaneous strikes.

From Salon Aug. 12, 2026

Do some due diligence to help the original owner claim it.

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

A Labour Party spokesman added that the party carried out "due diligence checks ahead of these donations being received, through which no issues were identified."

From BBC Aug. 6, 2026

This is the sort of due diligence any company would do before paying out a check to a supplier.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 22, 2026

When he passed by the silver shop, which Úrsula had prepared with special diligence, he did not even notice that the keys were in the lock..

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

One of the due diligences will include on the safety culture in Newcrest mines, the company said.

From Reuters Apr. 27, 2023

I expedited my journey as well as I could, inquiring everywhere about diligences, and invariably receiving false information.

From Letters of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy from Italy and Switzerland by Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy

There is so much travelling into Switzerland now that the diligences are all full.

From Rollo in Geneva by Jacob Abbott

On entering Normandy, Master Lewis engaged passages on diligences, wherever a promise of a route amid pleasant scenery offered itself.

From Zigzag Journeys in Europe Vacation Rambles in Historic Lands by Hezekiah Butterworth

It was small comfort to see the cuttings and fillings-in for the railway which is destined soon to destroy those beastly diligences, and place Rome within two or three hours of its seaport.

From My Unknown Chum by Charles Bullard Fairbanks




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