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diligent

[dil-i-juhnt] / ˈdɪl ɪ dʒənt /


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Coach Sean McVay said the Rams have attempted to be “as diligent, as thorough” as possible before allowing Garrett to practice and opening the 21-day window for him to return to the roster.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 4, 2026

"Japan is often described as a country suffering from sleep deprivation, and people here are very diligent," Riichiro Nakama, creative director at organiser Koala Sleep Japan, the mattress company.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 2026

How can a diligent cash saver get ahead of the game?

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 14, 2026

The elderly Douglass insisted that the country needed not new founding principles but the diligent application of those principles it already possessed without distinctions of race, sex, color or religion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 4, 2026

Sadly, the diligent peasants almost never achieved the future economic security they so craved through their hard work in the present.

From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari


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