as in to execute
to carry through (as a process) to completion
the neurologists plan to prosecute their research for as long as funding remains available
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Recent Examples of prosecute
Pascoe prosecuted the most recent case, that of Mikal Mahdi.
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Kristin Wright, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
The ethics office can issue recommendations but has no authority to enforce financial divestment or prosecute conflicts involving a sitting president.
—Mackenzie Sigalos,ari Levy, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
Facebook messages helped prosecute Sarmad Dafar Prosecutors used Dafar’s Facebook messages as evidence in the case, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
Cronin and his team of agents hoped to persuade Chinese authorities to prosecute Guanghua and Fujing Zheng, a father and son who were the top suspects.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 23 Apr. 2025
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Kristin Wright, NPR, 25 Apr. 2025
The ethics office can issue recommendations but has no authority to enforce financial divestment or prosecute conflicts involving a sitting president.
—Mackenzie Sigalos,ari Levy, CNBC, 25 Apr. 2025
Facebook messages helped prosecute Sarmad Dafar Prosecutors used Dafar’s Facebook messages as evidence in the case, according to the U.S. attorney's office.
—Saleen Martin, USA Today, 23 Apr. 2025
Cronin and his team of agents hoped to persuade Chinese authorities to prosecute Guanghua and Fujing Zheng, a father and son who were the top suspects.
—Sebastian Rotella, ProPublica, 23 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosecute
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Florida has executed Gulf War veteran Jeffrey Hutchinson for the shooting deaths of his girlfriend and her three children despite a letter from 129 veterans arguing that Hutchinson's mind was a casualty of war.—
James Powel,
USA Today,
3 May 2025
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Part of the appeal was that the technique is fairly intuitive—paint the base color, then dab a textured sponge into the second color and blot—and technically, there’s no wrong way to execute it.—
Quincy Bulin,
Southern Living,
3 May 2025
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The group is getting ready to perform Broadway show tunes on May 31 at the Library’s Community Room.—
Ramona Sentinel,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
10 May 2025
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Ancelotti is the epitome of a man-manager, able to empower his players to perform to their best of their ability without requiring too much tactical instruction.—
Mark Carey,
New York Times,
10 May 2025
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The house not only supplied the actresses with clothes, jewelry, accessories and makeup, but also provided a portion of the budget to allow director Olivier Assayas to fulfill his dream of shooting the movie on 35-mm film instead of digitally.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
13 May 2025
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But the recent tariff cut has given them a chance to ramp up shipments from China and restock their warehouses and fulfill existing orders, supply chain experts say.—
Anniek Bao,Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
13 May 2025
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Like the Kearns have done, families could split into different rooms, as well, depending on the age of their children.—
Nathan Diller,
USA Today,
12 May 2025
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Additionally, if there are any steps that are confusing, now is the time to do the research or watch a video.—
Alana Al-Hatlani,
Southern Living,
11 May 2025
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Meanwhile, a bloc of moderate Republicans is demanding no reductions in Medicaid benefits – a requirement experts say would be impossible to meet while achieving Republicans' spending-cut goals and other GOP priorities.—
Riley Beggin,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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The character has gotten a promotion and is achieving this new dream.—
Alamin Yohannes,
EW.com,
9 May 2025
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The bill is also expected to roll back several clean energy provisions implemented under former President Joe Biden and increase spending on defense and border security.—
Riley Beggin,
USA Today,
13 May 2025
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That’s why travelers flying in the U.S. can’t expect the FAA (which hasn’t updated its airplane mode rule since 2017) to implement the same technology any time soon.—
Katie Jackson,
Travel + Leisure,
12 May 2025
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Airlines are making a ridiculous amount of money by selling you the promise of avoiding a middle seat or exploiting your separation anxiety or your claustrophobia.—
Christopher Elliott,
USA Today,
10 May 2025
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In the weeks leading up to Epic’s opening, Polk took morning walking tours of the Epic grounds, making visual progress reports.—
Dewayne Bevil,
The Orlando Sentinel,
9 May 2025
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“Prosecute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosecute. Accessed 16 May. 2025.
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