How to Use due diligence in a Sentence

due diligence

noun
Definition of due diligencenext
  • Be sure to do your due diligence on the how-to for this.
    — Susan Johnston, Rolling Stone, 5 Sep. 2023
  • Plus the city did all the due diligence on that building.
    — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Why any need for due diligence on the best to ever do it?
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 8 Dec. 2022
  • The key, Dungy said, is for teams to do their due diligence through the hiring process.
    — Matthew Vantryon, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Feb. 2022
  • But Saguaro will do its due diligence to make sure the right guy is hired.
    — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2023
  • One more way to do your due diligence that might seem a bit old school: pick up the phone.
    — Bianca Lambert, Essence, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Did the Sharks fail to do their due diligence on Smith, Grier was asked in so many words.
    — Curtis Pashelka, The Mercury News, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Over the next week and a half, Anderson did her due diligence.
    — Samuel Braslow, The Hollywood Reporter, 1 Sep. 2022
  • So please do your due diligence and approve it tonight.
    — Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press, 1 July 2024
  • The prevalence of scams and fraud in the crypto space highlights the importance of due diligence.
    — Tyler Shepherd, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
  • But as a result, the party failed to do due diligence on the candidate.
    — Anthony Conwright, The New Republic, 30 Sep. 2022
  • While the spirits do their due diligence, their haunting of Clint goes awry almost from the very start.
    — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 10 Nov. 2022
  • These are not always red flags, but at least should be a signal to do your due diligence.
    — Patricia Shannon, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Grammy voters had a full month to do their due diligence.
    — Paul Grein, Billboard, 5 Jan. 2022
  • And then the decision that was made for Jimmy to have surgery caused a lot of teams to pause and at least slow down the process to do their due diligence.
    — Eric Branch, San Francisco Chronicle, 28 Mar. 2022
  • The Browns had been conducting due diligence on Watson for a while.
    — Nate Ulrich, USA TODAY, 17 Mar. 2022
  • Like most teams, the Cubs have been doing their due diligence and waiting for the dominoes to start falling.
    — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 27 Nov. 2022
  • Unlike the Sharks, Newbill says the producers are not involved in the due diligence process.
    — Skyler Caruso, Peoplemag, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Some are being sued in a class action for failing to do due diligence on FTX.
    — WIRED, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Either way the Pistons will need to do their due diligence in the event Ivey is unavailable.
    — cleveland, 13 June 2022
  • One of the key defenses for Ms. Holmes was the theme that her investors should have done better due diligence.
    — Neil Senturia, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Jan. 2022
  • When Mina first learned about inKind about a year ago, he was intrigued by the concept and did his due diligence.
    — Andy Wang, Robb Report, 16 Mar. 2022
  • There was no follow-up on the due diligence, or what made the speaker objectionable in the first place.
    — Isaac Chotiner, The New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2022
  • The Lakers will continue to make calls and do their due diligence in looking for ways to improve the team, Ham said.
    — Los Angeles Times, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Shot Tower is due to present its final due diligence findings to the firm’s board later this month.
    — Richard Smirke, Billboard, 4 Mar. 2024
  • In a letter to trustees, members of the group argued that the process was rushed to meet the Dec. 31 deadline, keeping the district from doing due diligence.
    — Dallas News, 16 Dec. 2022
  • The company is in the midst of a lengthy due diligence phase after winning the bid for the land, which was an Army base until its closure in 2005.
    — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 27 June 2023
  • The notion of due diligence is to spend the appropriate amount of effort on a problem – not more and not less.
    — Heather Wishart-Smith, Forbes, 3 Jan. 2022
  • That’s the point at which prospective buyers can examine the team’s financials, jumpstarting their own due diligence.
    — Sportico Staff, Sportico.com, 23 Oct. 2024
  • An automaker hoping to sell luxury vehicles really needs to perform this kind of due diligence to ensure its cars meet the right standard.
    — James Morris, Forbes, 2 Nov. 2024

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