diligence
Example Sentences
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“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
We already knew that during due diligence checks prior to the appointment, McSweeney asked the peer three follow-up questions about his relationship with the late financier.
From BBC • Jun. 2, 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
Vocabulary lists containing diligence
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Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka (1954)
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