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diligence

[dil-i-juhns] / ˈdɪl ɪ dʒəns /


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The judge said he had "let down the whole profession of solicitors whose professionalism and diligence the criminal justice system depends on daily".

From BBC ● Sep. 30, 2026

Last week, Cleanaway said EQT was continuing its due diligence and remained committed to entering an implementation deed.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 21, 2026

“You shouldn’t be jumping into this head first without having done really strong due diligence on the products.”

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 18, 2026

"It should not have reached the point of sale and we take full responsibility for not undertaking proper due diligence," it said.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

When he passed by the silver shop, which Úrsula had prepared with special diligence, he did not even notice that the keys were in the lock..

From "One Hundred Years of Solitude" by Gabriel Garcia Marquez

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

From Reuters ● Apr. 27, 2023

When we alighted at the station two diligences were waiting, one for Pollensa, the other for Alcudia.

From The Fortunate Isles Life and Travel in Majorca, Minorca and Iviza by Mary Stuart Boyd

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

Still less pleasant were the immense journeys afterwards by Finstermuntz and the Great Arlberg, along horrible roads and in wretched diligences, which, in these days of luxurious railway travelling, we should think perfectly unendurable.

From Story of My Life, volumes 1-3 by Augustus J. C. Hare

The public diligences are few in number, and most miserably managed.

From Travels in France during the years 1814-15 Comprising a residence at Paris, during the stay of the allied armies, and at Aix, at the period of the landing of Bonaparte, in two volumes. by Sir Archibald Alison




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