as in fulfilled
to carry through (as a process) to completion
carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully
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Recent Examples of carried out
However, a source in Ukraine's Security Service (SBU) told the Kyiv Independent the attack was carried out by Ukraine.
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Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Fifty concrete projects have been carried out from student proposals.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
Thousands flooded to Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, where a livestream of the hostages was carried out.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 13 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
But although the procedure is generally considered safe when carried out by a skilled surgeon, the industry's success has prompted concerns about possible risks and oversight.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
China has carried out its first manned deep dive beneath the Arctic ice, as part of its 15th and largest Arctic Ocean scientific expedition, which concluded last month.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2025
The attorneys argued that state officials' failure to disclose public information prevents them from ensuring that Ward's execution is carried out without constitutional violations.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 29 Sep. 2025
Around Miami, an argument over their tactics was being carried out on billboards.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Brendan Cole, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 Oct. 2025
Fifty concrete projects have been carried out from student proposals.
—Rhonda Richford, Footwear News, 13 Oct. 2025
Thousands flooded to Tel Aviv’s Hostages Square, where a livestream of the hostages was carried out.
—Washington Examiner Staff, The Washington Examiner, 13 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
But although the procedure is generally considered safe when carried out by a skilled surgeon, the industry's success has prompted concerns about possible risks and oversight.
—Rebecca Rosman, NPR, 6 Oct. 2025
China has carried out its first manned deep dive beneath the Arctic ice, as part of its 15th and largest Arctic Ocean scientific expedition, which concluded last month.
—Bojan Stojkovski, Interesting Engineering, 5 Oct. 2025
The attorneys argued that state officials' failure to disclose public information prevents them from ensuring that Ward's execution is carried out without constitutional violations.
—Kristine Phillips, IndyStar, 29 Sep. 2025
Around Miami, an argument over their tactics was being carried out on billboards.
—Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carried out
Verb
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The Dodgers’ desire to ride their starting pitching in October and minimize the exposure of their Achilles’ heel (the bullpen) is being fulfilled.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
16 Oct. 2025
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You’re fulfilled, content and happy.—
Doha Madani,
NBC news,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Lenzing accomplished this aesthetic by cutting our fibers into varied lengths, mimicking the natural variation that happens in grown fibers like cotton or hemp.—
Carved,
Sourcing Journal,
15 Oct. 2025
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It has only been accomplished by a few mountaineers since it was first done by American climber Thomas Hornbein.—
Leah Sarnoff,
ABC News,
15 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Although the Dodgers’ bullpen performed well to get 10 outs after Glasnow was done.—
Jeff Fletcher,
Oc Register,
17 Oct. 2025
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The Dodgers, for their part, have performed quite well despite their primary offensive engine not firing properly.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Putin has again played his military cards, and not (yet) achieved his goals.—
Nick Paton Walsh,
CNN Money,
18 Oct. 2025
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However, Yacoubian expressed her belief that more progress towards Palestinian statehood needs to be achieved before countries will commit.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
18 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Besides religion, what are other possible reasons a person might have executed a forgery?—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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As a large crowd watched, Hamas gunmen executed the men with shots to the back of the head.—
NPR,
NPR,
16 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.—
Lizzie Kane,
Chicago Tribune,
7 Aug. 2025
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The two men then said Smollett paid them to stage the attack, and Smollett was charged with filing a false police report; the charges were later dropped after Smollett paid a fine and did community service.—
Rick Porter,
HollywoodReporter,
6 Aug. 2025
Verb
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However, given the kind of statement UAB made on Saturday, Mortensen may very well have a real chance of being the ultimate replacement for Dilfer.—
Reice Shipley,
MSNBC Newsweek,
19 Oct. 2025
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The Public happens to be the very same venue where Hamilton made its off-Broadway debut inFebruary 2015, before moving to Broadway's Richard Rodgers Theatre that August.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
19 Oct. 2025
Verb
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The Atletico forward looked in serious distress and was carried off on a stretcher after Janssen’s sliding challenge, for which she was initially booked.—
Tamerra Griffin,
New York Times,
17 Oct. 2025
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Her voice was half–carried off by the dry wind.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Carried out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carried%20out. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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