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diligently

[dil-i-juhnt-lee] / ˈdɪl ɪ dʒənt li /




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The quarterback has worked diligently to change his shotgun stance, now putting his left foot in front of his right, and has sped up his decision making to get the ball to playmakers in space.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 19, 2026

Veerle Bergink, a professor of psychiatry and the director of the Mount Sinai Women's Mental Health Center, is among the people working diligently to get postpartum psychosis included in the DSM-5.

From BBC Aug. 19, 2026

In our case, it felt like a task we had to complete urgently and diligently.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

"We will therefore continue to train diligently and intensively, so that we are fully prepared in peacetime and able to carry out our missions in wartime."

From Barron's Aug. 5, 2026

On Friday afternoon while I was diligently doing some advance homework at the kitchen table, he came and sat down.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides




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