sedulity

noun

si-ˈdü-lə-tē How to pronounce sedulity (audio)
Definition of sedulitynext
as in sedulousness
attentive and persistent effort her sedulity was rewarded when the U.S. Supreme Court agreed to hear the case

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  1. industry
  2. effort
  3. persistence
  4. diligence
  5. assiduity
Noun
  • The industry also faces the possibility that Trump will follow through on his threat to raise tariffs on products imported from Mexico and Canada, where all three Detroit automakers have factories in Mexico and Canada.
    Jamie L. LaReau, USA TODAY, 13 Dec. 2024
  • When he was arrested, police found a gun and a silencer, a handwritten document that refers to the health care industry and a notebook, officials have said.
    Jonathan Dienst, NBC News, 13 Dec. 2024
Definition of industry
Noun
  • The audacious effort to woo Moore is revealing of its plans for the role and its importance in the Mouse House’s ecosystem.
    Jake Kanter, Deadline, 12 Dec. 2024
  • The main opposition Democratic Party, which vowed to introduce impeachment bills against the president every week after the first effort failed due to the ruling party's boycott, filed a second motion on Thursday.
    Se Eun Gong, NPR, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of effort
Noun
  • Conclusion Transitioning into the data analytics industry requires persistence, curiosity and a commitment to learning.
    Jay Garcia, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
  • Evidence of cooling inflation or a weakening economy may nudge policymakers toward interest rate cuts, just as the persistence of current conditions could pause rate cuts.
    Max Zahn, ABC News, 16 Dec. 2024
Definition of persistence
Noun
  • There are some people for whom delaying urinating can be more dangerous than usual, necessitating more diligence.
    Kristen Rogers, CNN, 15 Dec. 2024
  • Standing out in one of these areas will surely be a yellow flag in the diligence process and could lead to investors looking elsewhere.
    Cody Slach, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
Definition of diligence
Noun
  • These indestructible treasures have always been buried in matter, awaiting the invention of scanning electron microscopes and scientists with enough assiduity to spend decades on end peering into their atomic eyes.
    Virginia Heffernan, WIRED, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Lee is hardly the first biographer to be wooed by the allure of her subject; to risk being squashed by the weight of her research; or to concede that, despite her assiduity, much will elude her grasp.
    Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 22 Feb. 2021
Definition of assiduity
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