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Vigilant: meaning and example

adjective · In the sense illustrated below

Attentive to possible problems or danger.

Example sentence

“A vigilant colleague noticed the missing safety check.”

An illustrative sentence written for Ikigain.

Putting it into words

At work

“Vigilant in checking delivery records and escalating missing items before dispatch.”

This example illustrates a positive sense or context. The same word can have other meanings; choose it for what you actually want to say.

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