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With covid-19 cases and positivity rates ticking up in the region and across the state, it is critical for all Marylanders who need a test to be diligent about getting a test.

This week, the coach seemed happy that Haskins would get to see Smith — a quarterback long regarded as one of the league’s most diligent workers — preparing for games.

The men had been training together under the diligent eye of Alberto Salazar, a former Nike athlete and American record holder in the 10,000 meters.

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Nonetheless, even the most diligent amateur risks taking a beating if they trade for any length of time.

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Despite their treatment of others’ cubs, female hyenas can be “very attentive and diligent mothers,” Strauss says.

Why not let the whole thing quietly fade away for want of a diligent investigation?

But as open as they are, they are also businessmen who know their brand and are their best, most diligent marketers.

Ferris credits her books Louisiana Cookery (1954) and New Orleans Cuisine (1969) as exemplars of diligent reporting and research.

And yes, Pineda had honored diligent teachers and top students.

“You just have to be diligent in figuring out what they really look like,” El said.

But he was studious, diligent, and anxious to avoid repremands and to fulfil the expectations of his parents.

He was sent from one place to another, in quest of his friend, and made diligent use of his long legs, but without success.

The three plodded on, taking a diligent constitutional walk, exchanging very few words, and those chiefly between the girls.

While we considered whether we shall negociate, I fear the French have been more diligent.

Half an hour later, after a diligent consultation of certain books, he slipped back and beckoned OLeary into the hall.

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On this page you'll find 74 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to diligent, such as: active, assiduous, attentive, careful, conscientious, and eager.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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