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diligence

[dil-i-juhns] / ˈdɪl ɪ dʒəns /


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He replied it’s a “set it and forget it” situation as he urged investors to perform their own due diligence.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 12, 2026

“He grew more confident with each pass on his drawing, and realized ... that much of the rightness of the drawing, of any drawing, came through time and diligence and discernment.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

They must conduct due diligence to determine whether clients subsequently resell such items to Russia, according to Felix Helmstädter, a German sanctions expert and lecturer in law at Humboldt University in Berlin.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

"So we are doing our own internal due diligence, but it's obviously not a good image to us."

From Barron's • Jun. 5, 2026

And then there was the time that a maid, new to the Tulane household and eager to impress her employers with her diligence, came upon Edward sitting on his chair in the dining room.

From "The Miraculous Journey of Edward Tulane" by Kate DiCamillo




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