The conductor checked tickets diligently.

Meaning: A person who collects tickets on a train carefully and persistently examined slips of paper that allow people to travel on a train.

Choice of Words: Conductor is a person who collects tickets on a train, checked means examined or verified, tickets are slips of paper that allow people to travel on a train, and diligently means carefully and persistently.

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The train conductor meticulously inspected the tickets.

Meaning: This means that the train conductor was very carefully checking the tickets of the passengers to make sure that they were valid and that the passengers were allowed to travel on the train.

Choice of Words: Train conductor is the person who's responsible for managing a train. Meticulously means to do something very carefully and thoroughly. Inspected means to look at something carefully to make sure it's correct or valid. Tickets are the small pieces of paper that allow you to travel on a train or bus.

The conductor thoroughly verified the tickets.

Meaning: This means that the conductor was very carefully checking the tickets of the passengers to make sure that they were valid and that the passengers were allowed to travel on the train or bus.

Choice of Words: Conductor is the person who's responsible for managing a train or bus. Thoroughly means to do something very carefully and completely. Verified means to make sure that something is true or correct. Tickets are the small pieces of paper that allow you to travel on a train or bus.

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