How to Use to do in a Sentence
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His body did what it was trained to do, his mind locked into race mode.
—George Edwards, New York Times, 14 Aug. 2026
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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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Taking away one of the two wouldn’t mean that the kid doesn’t still want to do it!
—Jessica Gelt, Los Angeles Times, 14 Aug. 2026
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That’s being a part of what a point guard is, not trying to do too much.
—Edgar Thompson, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Aug. 2026
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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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That’s why we are drawn to do some of the dumber stuff when things get to their darkest.
—Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 31 July 2026
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Our people know what to do if something like that was to happen.
—Stephanie Gravalese, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 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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It's built by permitting them to do less of what doesn't matter.
—Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 31 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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Give yourselves a pat on the back, but don’t expect your viewers to do the same.
—Ticked Off, The Orlando Sentinel, 14 Aug. 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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Your buyer is looking at ten businesses that all look able to do the job.
—Jodie Cook, Forbes.com, 7 Aug. 2026
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Most of the world was fumbling and scared, and Fauci seemed to have some idea of what to do.
—Amy Davidson Sorkin, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 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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One of the ways for boards to do that is through shareholder proposals.
—Erik Sherman, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026
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The industry goes straight to trying to do the same thing and falls back into that same trap.
—Lily Ford, HollywoodReporter, 15 Aug. 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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Sinnard has the potential to do so much with his 6-foot-7 frame.
—Jesús Cano, New York Times, 31 July 2026
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That’s what the state needs to do to give us relief, not other options to raise revenue to pay their bills.
—Bryan P. Sears, Baltimore Sun, 14 Aug. 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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For me, the only way to do this is to get curious about why these things are happening.
—M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 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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Do not use your body weight to do this; the screwdriver should easily slide into the dirt.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 7 Aug. 2026
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