How to Use to do in a Sentence
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Don’t stay up too late, though; there’s plenty to do by day as well.
—Zoe Baillargeon, Travel + Leisure, 22 Dec. 2025
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One loved the script, and the other hated the script and didn't want to do it.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 3 July 2026
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There is also a cleaner way to do the thing the rule claims to enable.
—Ingmar Rentzhog, Forbes.com, 4 July 2026
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What inspired you to do more than act on this specific project?
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 July 2026
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To this point, the party’s leadership seems at sea about what to do.
—The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 5 July 2026
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The union says the city still has not complied, even though the court gave it 60 days to do so.
—Ben Wheeler, Kansas City Star, 10 July 2026
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But the player standing at the other end of the court needs to do a lot more than just watch the ball.
—Michelle Spear, Scientific American, 11 July 2026
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Let any stain-specific pretreatments sit on the spot for a while to do its job.
—Bridget Reed Morawski, Architectural Digest, 17 July 2026
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Morris won’t be checking in for permission slips or tips on what to do.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 25 July 2026
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Rob-Will is compulsive in his need to do the wrong thing every time.
—William Earl, Variety, 3 July 2026
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In some cases, the jobs they'd been hired to do simply don't exist anymore.
—Annie Palmer, CNBC, 11 July 2026
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Here’s how to tell what’s causing your cucumber plant’s leaves to turn yellow and what to do about it.
—Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
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The one thing not to do is act surprised that the logo traveled farther than the contract.
—Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
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What has been missing so far in his young career is his ability to do it for a full season.
—Kansas City Star, 3 July 2026
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The law called for the biggest social media platforms to do more than just ask for a birthdate.
—Ravi Iyer, Time, 18 July 2026
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But the property was designed to do more than just host wine tastings and tours of the vineyards.
—Tori Latham, Robb Report, 18 July 2026
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Market benchmarks are starting to do too much of the thinking for investors.
—Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
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Users who see the biggest changes tend to stack it with lifestyle habits rather than expect the machine to do the work alone.
—MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
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One thing the new rule is not likely to do is to spur new nuclear development.
—Stephanie Pappas, Scientific American, 10 July 2026
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It should also be measured by how clearly patients understand what to do next.
—Felicity Yost, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
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Expect to see Stasys in numerous roles as Benet tries to do that.
—Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 17 July 2026
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Ask a family member or confidante to do the research for you.
—R. Eric Thomas, Denver Post, 24 July 2026
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While Zach was content to just play catch, Britt wanted to do everything.
—Jay Cohen, Chicago Tribune, 25 July 2026
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There are easier ways to do things these days; computers and plug-ins could capture these sounds much quicker.
—Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 3 July 2026
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Many of these tests simply do not yet have enough evidence behind them to tell physicians what to do with the results.
—Felicity Yost, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
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The Lal brothers somehow ended up fortunate enough to do all three.
—Peter Lane Taylor, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
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Scottie Scheffler gets a chance to do it on the heels of his 2025 title.
—Steven Louis Goldstein, New York Times, 17 July 2026
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Its ascent has little to do with the construction vehicles (both real and toy) that it is known for.
—Matteo Wong, The Atlantic, 18 July 2026
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Getting executives to want to do a story where the women are leads, that’s the hardest thing.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 July 2026
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Everyone, save for the rookies, has been drilled on what to do to properly operate here.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 25 July 2026
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