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
In Israel, the literary world censors, silences, distorts, segregates and thus collaborates with the atrocities perpetrated in Gaza.
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Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Media reporting also overlooks brutal forms of violence perpetrated by men in intimate relationships with women.
—Walter S. Dekeseredy, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025
Amid the vagaries of the decades-old clash between two nations vying for the same plot of land, one constant has been violence, perpetrated and endured, on minor and colossal scales.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Advertisement Inside the facility, violence was perpetrated daily.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
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Uriel Kon
september 2, Literary Hub, 2 Sep. 2025
Media reporting also overlooks brutal forms of violence perpetrated by men in intimate relationships with women.
—Walter S. Dekeseredy, The Conversation, 25 Aug. 2025
Amid the vagaries of the decades-old clash between two nations vying for the same plot of land, one constant has been violence, perpetrated and endured, on minor and colossal scales.
—Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Advertisement Inside the facility, violence was perpetrated daily.
—Kayti Burt, Time, 15 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perpetrate
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This is when your liver is so scarred up that there’s barely enough normal tissue to perform the routine functions of the liver.—
Bruce Y. Lee,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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Scientists performed dental exams and took blood samples — participants also filled out dietary questionnaires.—
Sandee LaMotte,
CNN Money,
15 Sep. 2025
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What else does Crawford have to accomplish in the sport?—
Brian Mazique,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Advertisement All of these are clearly fantastic, laudable accomplishments—yet a laundry list of all the things Redford accomplished in his lifetime isn’t really the best way to honor his gifts.—
Stephanie Zacharek,
Time,
16 Sep. 2025
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This opens a door for attackers to destabilize the browser or system its running on, to execute their own code.—
Zak Doffman,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Most of them are going to come down to track position, pit strategy, executing on pit road.—
Lydia Mee,
MSNBC Newsweek,
18 Sep. 2025
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Liberation from time and pruning through mass dishwasher ownership is a dream that remainsonly partly fulfilled.—
Jeremy Lott,
The Washington Examiner,
12 Sep. 2025
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Half of Walmart’s online orders are fulfilled from stores, with the rest coming from Walmart warehouses and seller warehouses.—
Dan Gingiss,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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Thanks to many hair- and scalp-care innovations, the best ingredients for hair growth products are a feasible means to achieving thicker, longer tresses right at home.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
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To achieve excellence in AI, nations need the compute, but also chip production, AI talent, workforce and corporate adoption, benevolent government regulation, and a thriving ecosystem of AI startups.—
John Koetsier,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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In addition to higher rates and fewer terms, Rocket also charges closing costs, which Third Federal does not.—
Kelsey Neubauer,
CNBC,
18 Sep. 2025
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This is done through communication of leadership goals.—
Heather V. MacArthur,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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That irritation makes the airway more twitchy, more inflamed and prone to narrow.—
Bill Frist,
Forbes.com,
18 Sep. 2025
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Overall, aspirin makes the environment more challenging for cancer to get a foothold in, particularly for people with the genetic makeup predisposed to dysregulated cell function, where cancer cell growth and division is more likely.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
18 Sep. 2025
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Newsweek's Health Care Editor Alexis Kayser led many of the panel discussions and was joined by Newsweek's Global Head of Research Duncan Ross on stage to share the key takeaways about the key lessons that audience members can implement in their own workplaces.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Sep. 2025
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By implementing rigorous controls and subjecting them to human scrutiny, companies can guide this powerful technology toward valuable outcomes while mitigating risk factors.—
Steve Durbin,
Forbes.com,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Perpetrate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perpetrate. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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