carried out; carrying out; carries out
1
: to bring to a successful issue : complete, accomplish
carried out the assignment
2
: to put into execution
carry out a plan
3
: to continue to an end or stopping point
Examples of carryout in a Sentence
Noun
She works in a Chinese carryout.
Verb
carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully
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The ticket was purchased at a carryout store in Sunbury.
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Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2025
The Nobel winners carried out experiments in the mid-1980s with an electronic circuit built of superconductors and demonstrated that quantum mechanics could also influence everyday objects under certain conditions.
—USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
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Noun
Twisted Plants, with locations on Brady Street and in West Allis, will offer 15% off all orders that mention Milwaukee Vegan Restaurant Week for dine-in and carryout.
—Rachel Bernhard, jsonline.com, 3 Oct. 2025
The ticket was purchased at a carryout store in Sunbury.
—Jennifer Sangalang, Treasure Coast Newspapers, 4 Sep. 2025
Verb
To carry out her vision, McMahon has brought on at least 20 political appointees from ultraconservative think tanks and advocacy groups eager to de-emphasize public schools, which have educated students for roughly 200 years.
—Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 8 Oct. 2025
The Nobel winners carried out experiments in the mid-1980s with an electronic circuit built of superconductors and demonstrated that quantum mechanics could also influence everyday objects under certain conditions.
—USA Today, 7 Oct. 2025
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“Carryout.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/carryout. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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