as in to fulfil
to carry through (as a process) to completion
the incoming university president is vowing to put through the sort of sweeping changes that will propel the school into the top tier academically
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At the very least, fees should be put through the mission-critical filter.
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Nicholas Ladany, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
This article contains spoilers from Love Is Blind season 7, episodes 1-11.
Breakups suck, but Nick Dorka was really put through the ringer when Hannah Jiles ended their relationship on Love Is Blind.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
It’s then put through an ice-water extraction process and further refined using a press.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
The six-part series will follow five U.K. contestants as they’re flown to South Korea and put through a rigorous 100-day K-pop training course in the hope of emerging as the world’s biggest new boy band.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 11 July 2024
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Nicholas Ladany, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024
This article contains spoilers from Love Is Blind season 7, episodes 1-11.
Breakups suck, but Nick Dorka was really put through the ringer when Hannah Jiles ended their relationship on Love Is Blind.
—Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 17 Oct. 2024
It’s then put through an ice-water extraction process and further refined using a press.
—Rowan Briggs, The Mercury News, 11 Oct. 2024
The six-part series will follow five U.K. contestants as they’re flown to South Korea and put through a rigorous 100-day K-pop training course in the hope of emerging as the world’s biggest new boy band.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 11 July 2024
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These apps arguably help fulfill a dire need for connection.Allie Volpe, Vox, 14 Nov. 2024
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All children deserve a chance to fulfill their potential.Emily Harvey, The Denver Post, 5 Nov. 2024
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Students from College of Adaptive Arts will sing the opening National Anthem and perform a special cheer routine during the game.Isha Trivedi, The Mercury News, 16 Nov. 2024
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Latin music icon Marc Anthony performed and executive produced a special segment with salsa great Sergio George to pay homage to the tropical music genre.Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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NuScale executed a revenue generating agreement with Fluor (FLR) for engineering and design services for a nuclear power project.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
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China practiced blockading Taiwan just last month by surrounding the island, which could, if executed in earnest, stop imports or exports from the country.Kate Irwin, PCMAG, 6 Nov. 2024
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The company has not yet achieved sufficient funding to develop or acquire a new business line.Quartz Bot, Quartz, 14 Nov. 2024
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The announcement reinforces the closeness Musk has managed to achieve with Trump, even after the election.David Ingram, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Shout out to our friends at TMZ who did the most insightful original reporting.Frederick Dreier, Outside Online, 18 Nov. 2024
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Local health officials are working to reach everyone who may have had contact with the infected individual, and they are expected to do so in this case, said Preston Merchant, a spokesman for the San Mateo County health department.Jakob Rodgers, The Mercury News, 17 Nov. 2024
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All three candidates have vowed to carry out Trump’s agenda.Elizabeth Robinson, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Donald Trump has selected South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem to head the Department of Homeland Security, one of the biggest government agencies that will be integral to his vow to secure the border and carry out a massive deportation operation.Rebecca Santana, Twin Cities, 13 Nov. 2024
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Does Jeanty make that leaping catch on fourth-and-8? Watch the first quarter of Buffs-Utes one more time.Sean Keeler, The Denver Post, 16 Nov. 2024
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Geodesy informs everything from building sewers and making accurate maps of sea level rise to launching and tracking spacecraft.Discover Magazine, Discover Magazine, 15 Nov. 2024
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The Emmy-winning drama, created by Sam Levinson, has since gone through a number of delays — including when Levinson turned his attention to The Idol for HBO — which led to a cooling of Levinson and Zendaya’s once close relationship, as The Hollywood Reporter revealed earlier this year.Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 20 Nov. 2024
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In the wake of the scandal, the Globes’ 2022 ceremony wasn’t televised, and NBC agreed to keep its contract going through 2023 before the network parted ways with the show.Michael Schneider, Variety, 20 Nov. 2024
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