diligent
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"Helen was well respected. She was diligent and hard working," Grant told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
There are many budgeting rules of thumb designed to put diligent consumers in a solid financial position.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 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
On Tuesday President Lee said that it was "regrettable" that because of a few "loach-like figures who muddy the well water", "the honour and pride of the majority of diligent police officers are being damaged".
From BBC ● Sep. 1, 2026
It belongs to Dartmouth College, of Hanover, whose famous Outing Club has been looking after it in a commendably diligent and low-key way since the early years of this century.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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