as in to fulfill
to carry through (as a process) to completion
carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully
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Recent Examples of carry out
Encomara plans to carry out onshore demonstrations at AES’s Huntly site in July.
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 June 2026
Key creative tasks carried out in Canada include an all Caribbean-Canadian voice cast lead by Knyght Darius Jack and Milcania Diaz-Rojas, the musical score by La-Nai Gabriel, a portion of key animation and compositing carried out by Guru Studio.
—Kevin Giraud, Variety, 18 June 2026
So Smith and his team had to find new ways to get the funding to countries, ensure that it was being spent wisely and address potential pandemics — all without most of the international partners and staff the government had previously relied on to carry out this complex work.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 17 June 2026
They were also involved in an investigation in 2022, carried out with prosecutors, of major advertising company Dentsu, as part of a widespread investigation into corruption related to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
—ABC News, 17 June 2026
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Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 18 June 2026
Key creative tasks carried out in Canada include an all Caribbean-Canadian voice cast lead by Knyght Darius Jack and Milcania Diaz-Rojas, the musical score by La-Nai Gabriel, a portion of key animation and compositing carried out by Guru Studio.
—Kevin Giraud, Variety, 18 June 2026
So Smith and his team had to find new ways to get the funding to countries, ensure that it was being spent wisely and address potential pandemics — all without most of the international partners and staff the government had previously relied on to carry out this complex work.
—Sharon Lerner, ProPublica, 17 June 2026
They were also involved in an investigation in 2022, carried out with prosecutors, of major advertising company Dentsu, as part of a widespread investigation into corruption related to the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games.
—ABC News, 17 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry out
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The operators of Sakura Market hope to fulfill the numerous grocery and dining needs of people downtown.—
George Avalos,
Mercury News,
17 June 2026
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Making savings while fulfilling our mission means a doubly difficult time for everyone.—
Jake Kanter,
Deadline,
17 June 2026
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Coming off hitting for the cycle, a feat accomplished by just 11 other players in the franchise’s history, Crow-Armstrong didn’t wait long Tuesday to again make an impact for the Chicago Cubs.—
Meghan Montemurro,
Chicago Tribune,
17 June 2026
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His ability to play safety, nickel corner and dime linebacker is essential to what defensive coordinator Ejiro Evero is trying to accomplish both pre- and post-snap.—
Mike Kaye
June 17,
Charlotte Observer,
17 June 2026
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These will be highly specialized agents that sit on top of Anaplan’s applications, capable of performing tasks autonomously for users.—
Steve Banker,
Forbes.com,
20 June 2026
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While humans thrive on ambiguity, context, metaphor and inference, machines generally perform better when information is categorized, tagged, labeled and linked in ways that reduce uncertainty.—
Sreedhar Potarazu,
Baltimore Sun,
20 June 2026
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All this in addition to her high school diploma achieving the Scholar and Industry diploma designations and graduating with Summa Cum Laude honors.—
Garfield Hylton,
The Orlando Sentinel,
19 June 2026
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The designer singled out the exceptional Refa fabrics and touted the sartorial prowess and heritage of the Veramonteforte atelier in delivering the same high-quality standards achieved with its made-to-measure activities.—
Martino Carrera,
Footwear News,
19 June 2026
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The county’s share of liquor revenue dropped by several hundred thousand dollars, Tripple said, part of a plan executed at the end of the session to divert liquor revenue to state police to make up for straggling wages.—
Idaho Statesman,
Idaho Statesman,
15 June 2026
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For a wedding with 250 guests at Vertigo Event Venue in Glendale, at least four kitchen team members work 70 to 80 hours to prepare and execute the event.—
Ani Duzdabanyan,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2026
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Events already relocating elsewhere Davis said the delay has already forced nine events to move and could push as many as 30 more to do the same in 2030.—
Dawn White,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
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It’s meant to go with the flow of kids’ pacing, which may mean spending a whole hour at a splash pad or being done after just a few experiences.—
Eve Chen,
USA Today,
19 June 2026
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The day shift also starts making factory-work jokes, with Rekha playing a perky do-bee who just wants to make the boss happy, and Lily adopting an agitator role, demanding workman’s comp and trying to spark revolt.—
Tasha Robinson,
Vulture,
16 June 2026
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Ahead of their one year anniversary, the couple only recently made their red carpet debut while attending the Tribeca Festival in New York.—
Tracy Wright,
FOXNews.com,
16 June 2026
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Effaced, our villages, carried off by endless war.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
9 June 2026
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One woman who seemingly had both legs wrapped up was carried off a vessel by several officers, the post shows.—
David J. Neal,
Miami Herald,
10 May 2026
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