as in to fulfil
to carry through (as a process) to completion
carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully
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Recent Examples of carry out
The Justice Department’s Office of Professional Responsibility (OPR) has opened a review into whether special counsel Jack Smith’s team skirted any guidelines in carrying out their investigation into President-elect Trump.
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Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2024
The study carried out by Wicks and her team has been published in the journal, Environmental Science & Technology Letters.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 18 Dec. 2024
Becoming a professor requires years and years of intense study, often carried out in isolation and poverty.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
Some orders can't be carried out because the would-be deportee's home country won't take them or limits cooperation with ICE.
—Nick Miroff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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Rebecca Beitsch, The Hill, 19 Dec. 2024
The study carried out by Wicks and her team has been published in the journal, Environmental Science & Technology Letters.
—Michael Franco, New Atlas, 18 Dec. 2024
Becoming a professor requires years and years of intense study, often carried out in isolation and poverty.
—Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 8 Dec. 2024
Some orders can't be carried out because the would-be deportee's home country won't take them or limits cooperation with ICE.
—Nick Miroff The Washington Post, arkansasonline.com, 8 Dec. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry out
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Many of the happiest super-agers never retire and have purposeful jobs that fulfill them.Renée Onque, CNBC, 13 Dec. 2024
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Meanwhile, the backlog of unfulfilled orders has reached a record 17,000: at current delivery rates, this would take 14 years to fulfill, although the wait time is expected to eventually shorten.Ted Reed, Forbes, 13 Dec. 2024
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The pop superstar will perform on Christmas Day, December 25, marking a game-changing moment for both Queen Bey and the NFL.Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
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In a follow-up study, wine and coffee experts performed just as badly as novices when given non-wine and non-coffee smells, suggesting the Jahai’s enhanced abilities aren’t simply a result of practice in attending to aromas.Manvir Singh, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
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Campbell made a controversial decision to execute an onside kick, which subsequently failed, in the fourth quarter when the Lions were trailing by 10 points with 12 minutes left on the clock.Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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Spending any time or resources to execute 32 steps when 11 would achieve the same outcome is still inefficient, even if the task is automated or AI-assisted.Expert Panel®, Forbes, 16 Dec. 2024
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The goal is to achieve a steady burn which will continuously produce electricity like a conventional power plant.New Atlas, New Atlas, 22 Dec. 2024
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Your relationship and ability to communicate effectively with them, and the collective probability of achieving success, may very well depend on it.John Hall, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
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Artificial intelligence models do much more than generate (occasionally accurate) text responses and (somewhat) realistic videos.Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 13 Dec. 2024
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Most people never do this exercise because seeing the gap between their current reality and their dreams feels painful.Jodie Cook, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
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The screen was the only solution to make this accessible for the customer.Morgan Korn, ABC News, 22 Dec. 2024
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Campbell’s reasoning that the commercialization of college sports and the denial of NIL opportunities make eligibility rules more legally suspect could invite a range of challenges.Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 22 Dec. 2024
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The man’s vehicle was carried off a bridge by floodwaters.Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 6 Nov. 2024
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Before the night was out, Germans began chipping away at the barrier, carrying off chunks of one of the symbols of the diminishing Iron Curtain.Lorenzino Estrada, The Arizona Republic, 21 Nov. 2024
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But could general manager Brian Cashman pull off an insane trade for Tucker and Cody Bellinger?Raja Krishnamoorthi, Newsweek, 16 Dec. 2024
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In addition to the physical access and time necessary to pull off that hack, however, a license plate saboteur would also need to overcome a feature of Reviver's plates that sends a notification to the owner when it's detached from a vehicle.Andy Greenberg, WIRED, 16 Dec. 2024
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“Carry out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carry%20out. Accessed 26 Dec. 2024.
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