as in to perform
to carry through (as a process) to completion
the anonymity of the Web allows pranksters to perpetrate their hoaxes with impunity
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Recent Examples of perpetrate
The pic is described as a propulsive thriller with two FBI agents investigating a murder perpetrated within the world’s most secure prison.
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
This is not just a victory for her, but for every single survivor of the horrific crimes perpetrated by Epstein and his co-conspirators.
—Lauryn Overhultz , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Here, teachers aren’t supposed to tell students that the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 — a defining incident of racial violence in Oklahoma history — was perpetrated by racists.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
Drugs were pouring in; kidnappings and bank jobs were being perpetrated with seeming impunity.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
This is not just a victory for her, but for every single survivor of the horrific crimes perpetrated by Epstein and his co-conspirators.
—Lauryn Overhultz , Ashley Papa, FOXNews.com, 25 Oct. 2025
Here, teachers aren’t supposed to tell students that the Tulsa Race Massacre of 1921 — a defining incident of racial violence in Oklahoma history — was perpetrated by racists.
—Jennifer Smith Richards, ProPublica, 22 Oct. 2025
Drugs were pouring in; kidnappings and bank jobs were being perpetrated with seeming impunity.
—Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetrate
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Hours after Dundee’s Professor Iris Grunwald performed the world’s first remote thrombectomy on a human cadaver, another milestone followed.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Nov. 2025
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Game and network services have performed well in recent quarters thanks to a shift to digital game purchases and the PlayStation Plus subscription service.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
11 Nov. 2025
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After more than 40 days of uncertainty for our troops, federal workers, Texas families who rely on SNAP, & countless others, Senate Democrats have relented after accomplishing nothing but hurting millions of Americans.—
Deputy News Editor,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Nov. 2025
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But the shutdown also accomplished a lot.—
Domenico Montanaro,
NPR,
11 Nov. 2025
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Mamdani will face high expectations and even higher barriers to executing an agenda that includes enormous bureaucratic, political, and logistic hurdles.—
Philip Elliott,
Time,
5 Nov. 2025
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To the credit of general manager Joe Hortiz and coach Jim Harbaugh, the Chargers identified a piece and executed a deal ahead of Tuesday’s trade deadline despite limiting factors.—
Daniel Popper,
New York Times,
5 Nov. 2025
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That means giving back, informally, to fulfill teachers’ wish lists and with the Eagles Autism Foundation.—
Laura Trujillo,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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The TrumpRx website is expected to launch sometime in 2026, and would take consumers to pharmaceutical companies' direct-to-consumer websites to fulfill orders.—
NPR,
NPR,
6 Nov. 2025
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As this brief survey suggests, the patriots’ success in drawing foreign partners into the war was essential to achieving American independence.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
7 Nov. 2025
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Sustainable transformation isn’t achieved by a mandate; instead, it’s driven by leaders who focus on people first.—
Feon Ang,
Fortune,
7 Nov. 2025
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The firm is also a member of this year’s Change the World list, which highlights companies that are doing social good through their business models.—
Sydney Lake,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Otherwise, Craig Breslow will have a lot of explaining to do.—
Drew VonScio,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 Nov. 2025
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These conditions make travel difficult.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
6 Nov. 2025
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Qianlong took a page from the design of private gardens in southern China to make the layout more compact, and divided the site into four connected courtyards, two of which are currently open to the public, from south to north.—
Fred He,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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Crowley did not implement any vetoes after the board passed the budget.—
Claudia Levens,
jsonline.com,
11 Nov. 2025
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At the end of October, Paramount Skydance implemented a significant workforce reduction, in which about 1,000 employees were laid off.—
Todd Spangler,
Variety,
11 Nov. 2025
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“Perpetrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perpetrate. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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