diligence
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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
That due diligence revealed that Oates actually had a very strong connection to the property: A friend of his who lived in London owned it.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 12, 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
Far from instilling resentment, Martin told her, the patrollers’ diligence was a point of pride from county to county.
From "The Underground Railroad: A Novel" by Colson Whitehead
One of the due diligences will include on the safety culture in Newcrest mines, the company said.
From Reuters ● Apr. 27, 2023
Once in the early morning, and once again about five o’clock in the evening, were they momentarily galvanised out of their listlessness by the arriving and departing diligences.
From Above the Snow Line by Clinton Thomas Dent
When we alighted at the station two diligences were waiting, one for Pollensa, the other for Alcudia.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Mary Stuart Boyd
Dwellers in diligences, as well as dwellers in hotels, must sleep if they can; but the hour for "turning in" had scarce arrived, and meanwhile, I remember, my thoughts took strongly a homeward direction.
From Pilgrimage from the Alps to the Tiber Or The Influence of Romanism on Trade, Justice, and Knowledge by James Aitken Wylie
And in the station yard the diligences for Artá, for Capdepera, for San Lorenzo, were drawn up prepared to start as soon as the train had arrived and their passengers had climbed into their seats.
From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Mary Stuart Boyd
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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