diligent
His diligence motivates others to give a little more.
This is a matter that requires the utmost diligence.
They carry out their duty with diligence and care.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Detailed and careful
blow-by-blow
detailed
detailedly
diligent
diligently
in the weedsidiom
intimately
intricate
intricately
long-form
over-fussy
over-organize
over-organized
painstaking
painstakingly
thoroughgoing
thoroughgoingly
thoroughness
white-glove
wonkiness

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Cautious and vigilant

diligence | Business English

diligence
noun[ U ]
uk /ˈdɪlɪdʒəns/us
→ due diligence

Examples of diligence

diligence
Nor can they be construed as applying only to individuals and requiring individual allegiance and diligence.
It begins with a dissertation at a research university, in which one compensates for the obscurity of one's subject by ferocious diligence in researching it.
The editors' diligence is phenomenal, and constantly illuminating.
Even then, civil affairs cadres would readily admit that staff motivation, diligence and performance show room for improvement.
Factors behind this were his personal magnetism, self-confidence and diligence, his father's reputation and his own part in the 1956 revolution.
Participants may have reported resource use with more diligence knowing that their responses would be compared with claims data.
In the case of epistemic virtues - curiosity, open-mindedness, diligence, or discernment - this seems unproblematic.
Those who advocated the classroom uses of the gramophone stressed consistently the importance of intelligent listening - that listening to 'real music' required diligence and tenacity.
We would also like to thank the chart abstractors for their diligence and tenacity.
His diligence in collecting these records was partially inspired by the fear that these small releases would be forever lost.
Many of the poor espoused the values of diligence, hard work, and discipline.
These companies operate with a powerful and dangerous agent, and must be held to a strict liability for care, skill, caution and diligence.
The authors are also grateful to the reviewers for their diligence and insight.
Such diligence will ensure that this becomes the standard work on its subject.
Responsible research should study this theatrical language with as much diligence and imagination as the words to be spoken.
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