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as in to survive
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as in to carry out
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Recent Examples of carry through
The Utah company that owned the waterpark — which was shut down in June 2017 by the health department after 11 children suffered chlorine burns — proposed to carry through the apartment plan.
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Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
The college campus pixie dust carried through to a top-notch step show performed by some HBCU (Historically Black College and University) fraternities and sororities.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 4 Apr. 2025
These are a harbinger of what’s to come if the Trump administration carries through on its threats to crack down on any and all who exercise their First Amendment rights to free speech and protest.
—Nisha Whitehead, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
That sense of forward momentum carries through the finale, which ends with coming attractions for more episodes.
—Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
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Jim Woods, Chicago Tribune, 4 Apr. 2025
The college campus pixie dust carried through to a top-notch step show performed by some HBCU (Historically Black College and University) fraternities and sororities.
—Devonne Goode, Parents, 4 Apr. 2025
These are a harbinger of what’s to come if the Trump administration carries through on its threats to crack down on any and all who exercise their First Amendment rights to free speech and protest.
—Nisha Whitehead, Orange County Register, 16 Mar. 2025
That sense of forward momentum carries through the finale, which ends with coming attractions for more episodes.
—Margaret Lyons, New York Times, 25 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry through
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And seriously, shouldn't surviving that nightmare initial Vula tribe designation be worth a cool million bucks?—
Dalton Ross,
EW.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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She's also accused in Arizona of conspiring with Cox to attempt to kill her niece's ex-husband, Brandon Boudreaux, who was shot at in the fall of 2019 but survived.—
Bill Chappell,
NPR,
9 Apr. 2025
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Recalls are typically classified by severity, and while not all involve immediate danger, they are carried out as a precaution to protect public health.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
12 Apr. 2025
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However, a new study from researchers at the Technion (Israel Institute of Technology) introduces a new type of entanglement that is carried out by a photon’s angular momentum.—
Rupendra Brahambhatt,
Interesting Engineering,
12 Apr. 2025
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Cincinnati Bengals - Mike Green, EDGE, Marshall The Bengals need pass rush help, whether Trey Hendrickson sticks around or not.—
Nicholas Creel,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Apr. 2025
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If the story were better, if the cast featured more convincing actors, if Duhamel didn't scream city slicker in his flannel and ripped jeans, maybe the series might be something worth sticking around to watch.—
Kelly Lawler,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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And neither a coach nor his communications staff can control the prevailing narrative in outside media, or prevent anything outside a closed locker room from being seen, heard, recorded and posted by somebody and becoming viral, as was the case in the tunnel in Raleigh’s Lenovo Center.—
Dom Amore,
Hartford Courant,
29 Mar. 2025
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That was the prevailing sentiment publicly in 2017, when the allegations came out.—
Anna Cafolla,
Vogue,
29 Mar. 2025
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However, after making season one, Gilroy and Luna both realized that their initial aim was too ambitious and likely required at least a decade of their lives to fulfill.—
Brian Davids,
HollywoodReporter,
18 Apr. 2025
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The tech executive hired several young engineers aged 19-24 to fulfill his directives at DOGE, which centered on eliminating positions Musk deemed to be unnecessary.—
Krystal Nurse,
USA Today,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Carry through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carry%20through. Accessed 23 Apr. 2025.
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