diligent
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"Helen was well respected. She was diligent and hard working," Grant told AFP.
From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026
These two shocking facts have been revealed by the diligent digging of finance professors Joshua White of Vanderbilt University and Sean Wilkoff of the University of Nevada, Reno.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 23, 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
She was diligent and obedient and believed with all her heart that one day her prayers would be answered.
From "Night Owls" by A.R. Vishny
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