CARRY OUT Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

carry out

verb

Definition of carry out next

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 Of those deaths, one was confirmed to be due to a vessel strike, six had undetermined causes of death or no necropsy — an animal autopsy — carried out and two have necropsies pending. —

Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 23 Apr. 2026 The last execution was carried out on Tuesday, when Chadwick Willacy, 58, was put to death for murdering his elderly neighbor in Palm Bay by setting the victim on fire. —

Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 23 Apr. 2026 Last year, the conservancy funded and carried out two local projects that were completed the first week of December. —

Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Apr. 2026 Amal Khalil, who worked for Lebanon’s Al Akhbar newspaper, was killed while carrying out her journalistic work, according to Lebanon’s National News Agency (NNA). —

Charbel Mallo, CNN Money, 23 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for carry out

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In one example disclosed by Xinhua, a consumer paid 252 yuan ($35) for a six-inch cake, but the order was quietly resold through an intermediary platform where vendors bid 100, 90 and 80 yuan to fulfill it, with the lowest bidder winning.

— John Liu, CNN Money, 22 Apr. 2026
Karex has been able to fulfill its supply needs so far, but if disruptions from the war continue Karex could raise its prices by 20% to 30%, Goh told Reuters.

— Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026