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diligence

[dil-i-juhns] / ˈdɪl ɪ dʒəns /


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They’re all skilled musicians, having done their due diligence in different music groups, but nothing has clicked like the parasocial success that is the Something Specials.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 14, 2026

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

He also said the city had made “missteps,” noting that it could have done more due diligence before sending out the mail notices.

From The Wall Street Journal 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

All the other loons follow him around with diligence and polite interest.

From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson

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

The roar of torrents, and hardly less thunderous noise of departing diligences, awakened us the next morning.

From An American Girl Abroad by Adeline Trafton

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

We applied at the offices of public and private diligences.

From From the Easy Chair, series 3 by George William Curtis




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