diligent work

collocation in English

meaningsofdiligentandwork

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diligent
adjective
uk
/ˈdɪl.ɪ.dʒənt/us
/ˈdɪl.ə.dʒənt/
approving
careful and using a lot ...
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work
noun
uk
/wɜːk/us
/wɝːk/
an activity, such as a job, that a person uses physical or mental effort to do, usually ...
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(Definition ofdiligentandworkfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofdiligent work

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Only the attempt to codify and modernize the land law would require a further thirty-seven years ofdiligentworkunder subsequent monarchs.
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The version produced by thediligentworkof the sub-committee was 258.
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But bydiligentworkby all concerned, within a few short years those terrible statistics were reduced below national average.
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Yet, even with this tiny number, theirdiligentworkuncovered 5,971 establishments last year paying below the legal minimum rate.
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I am indebted to her for her helpful recollections, based on herdiligentworkin representing residents' interests.
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I congratulate the rapporteur for hisdiligentwork, both on the substance of the text and in the subsequent negotiations.
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The report is clearly the result of hard anddiligentworkand the enthusiasm of members of the mission.
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I support these proposals and again thank the rapporteur for hisdiligentwork.
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Also, it must not be seen as a substitute for the normaldiligentworkof councillors.
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I recognise that he knows his constituency well and that his constituents know and respect him for the ardent anddiligentworkthat he does on their behalf.
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Newspapers are reluctant to report adequately on the hard anddiligentworkdone for a council, but they are only too ready to put their finger on an unfortunate incident.
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We must not give way to such defeatist thoughts, but press on with patient anddiligentworkon all fronts—and it will have to be patient and diligent.
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Its intricate embroidery required many hours ofdiligentworkby the dressmakers.
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Whilst there, he reduced the waiting time from 9 months to less than 2 months due to hisdiligentworkethic.
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An emancipist could be released from his or her sentence for good behaviour,diligentwork, or the expiration of his or her sentence.
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Hofmann is remembered for hisdiligentworkin development of forensic medicine as a separate scientific entity.
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Hisdiligentworkresults in a major expansion of the library's collection, and he also helps a number of prisoners earn equivalency diplomas.
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Anton quickly succeeds through honest anddiligentwork, achieving a proper bourgeois existence.
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Simmons won praise from her constituents for giving measured, thoughtful responses in public, as well as for herdiligentworkto contain the situation behind the scenes.
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