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diligence

[dil-i-juhns] / ˈdɪl ɪ dʒəns /


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More likely, it would persuade big business to pursue due diligence instead of profits over people and the environment.

From Salon Aug. 19, 2026

The Scottish government has promised to directly award the yard new orders for four smaller ships, but ministers say they are still conducting "due diligence" on the plan.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

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

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

Many parents liked what they saw in their children: the discipline, physical fitness, diligence, pursuit of excellence, pride in national heritage, and a sense of purpose.

From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti

One of the due diligences will include on the safety culture in Newcrest mines, the company said.

From Reuters Apr. 27, 2023

There is so much travelling into Switzerland now that the diligences are all full.

From Rollo in Geneva by Jacob Abbott

The days when the diligences of Europe drew up before an old-time inn, with the sign of a pewter plate, an écu d'or, a holly branch, or a prancing white horse, have long since disappeared.

From The Automobilist Abroad by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

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

I recall that of old the professors accompanied their pupils as far as the starting place of the diligences in the Rue Notre-Dame-des-Victoires.

From My Recollections by Jules Massenet




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