CARRIED THROUGH Synonyms: 78 Similar and Opposite Words

carried through

verb

past tense of carry through

as in survived

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Mandell is survived by his two children and three grandchildren.

— Anthony Solorzano, Los Angeles Times, 15 Oct. 2026
His sister, Andrea Clark, 35, told the New York Post on Tuesday that her brother had been in remission from cancer since 2015 and had survived a car fire just weeks before his death.

— Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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The breach, first discovered in late September, was carried out by the cyber group ShinyHunters and targeted the FBI's job website, obtaining thousands of personnel records of its employees, according to the bureau.

— ABC News, ABC News, 9 Oct. 2026
The company’s security controls technically worked, as the agent faithfully carried out the fraudster’s instructions.

— Caryn Seidman Becker, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of carried out

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The 43-year-old Ellison encountered numerous obstacles on the way there — including a rival Netflix deal for WB assets and an antitrust lawsuit filed by 12 Democratic attorneys general — but has now prevailed in sealing the deal.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026
In the days leading to Ed Sheeran’s Atlanta concert, his second since the Big Controversy, questions about everything but his music prevailed over those pertaining to it.

— DeAsia Paige, AJC.com, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of prevailed

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Northwestern’s Dave Davis, the longtime liaison between the university and residents, stuck around and mingled with the big names who had gathered there.

— Shun Graves, Chicago Tribune, 4 Oct. 2026
In the years since the pandemic, retail investors have not only stuck around, but have grown more powerful and more sophisticated.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 30 Sep. 2026

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