adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
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most
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Rooker's survey shows that even the most diligent of officers meet with obstruction.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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The book required ten years of diligent research.
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Tony is a very diligent student.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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After years of diligent research, he had concluded that this was the only copy still in existence.
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As a pastor he was diligent and although iconoclastic, he defended the clergy against outside attack.
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As an example of unconscious wealth Ely cited an obedient, diligent , and faithful son.
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I know all of you are hardworking, diligent people, and I respect you for that.
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It is uncharacteristically diligent of a minister to seek precisely to understand what money spent will accomplish.
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It took some curious and diligent minds, and sometimes even some courage.
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They have a powerful cultural drive to achieve, which makes them extremely diligent , effective and reliable workers.