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diligence

[dil-i-juhns] / ˈdɪl ɪ dʒəns /


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"Helen Haines is characterised by her kindness, her compassion, her diligence, her intelligence," Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

The institution will also have to undergo an independent review of its programs for monitoring suspicious activity, and on other forms of due diligence.

From Barron's ● Oct. 13, 2026

Don’t let a fancy offer document bedazzle you and deter your due diligence.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 12, 2026

The country’s legislature recently expanded anti-money-laundering laws to impose stricter due diligence requirements and push companies to collect more information on their controlling ownership, among other measures.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

Amaranta looked after him with a loving diligence.

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

I described her at all the Dover stages and diligences; for I intended to give her a trifle more, to help her to find her friends, for fear of her falling into bad hands.

From The Wanderer (Volume 5 of 5) or, Female Difficulties by Fanny Burney

The days when the diligences of Europe drew up before an old-time inn, with the sign of a pewter plate, an écu d'or, a holly branch, or a prancing white horse, have long since disappeared.

From The Automobilist Abroad by M. F. (Milburg Francisco) Mansfield

It was one of the line of diligences between Campeachy and Merida, and just arrived from the former place.

From Incidents of Travel in Yucatan, Vol. I. by John L. Stephens

In that year, and for some little time afterwards, coaches which carried the mails were called diligences or machines, and the coachmen were called machine-drivers.

From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Herbert Joyce


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