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Example sentences for: diligent

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Observers said the Y2K bug's threat 1) was averted thanks to diligent preparation; 2) had been exaggerated by greedy programmers so that customers would commission expensive repairs; and 3) won't pass until companies and governments have used their "backroom systems," which were not repaired as thoroughly as critical programs.
A diligent search for embarrassing quotes found nothing better than a remark by Slate
This may be part of his problem -- the country seems to respond better to risk-taking entrepreneurs than diligent, calculating types like Lamar.
The media called it an "impressive" decline (the New York Times ), and President Clinton and local police raced to take credit for their creative and diligent law-enforcement efforts.
Recent wars have been waged and won decisively by brave men and women using advanced technology that was developed, authorized, and paid for by conscientious and diligent executive and legislative branch leaders many years earlier.