carries out

present tense third-person singular of carry out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of carries out The superintendent heads up the California Department of Education, carries out policies set by the state Board of Education and is an ex-officio member of the state’s higher education governing boards. Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 3 June 2026 Hitler comes to power; Lajos, by now a regional administrator, reluctantly carries out the Nazis’ orders, consigning the local Jewish population to death; Ilona and her husband flee to America by way of Switzerland. Becca Rothfeld, New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2026 The company showcased the upgrade in a video where Spot reads a handwritten to-do list and carries out tasks such as organizing shoes, picking up cans, and placing clothes in a laundry basket. Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 15 Apr. 2026 Noem testified during a shutdown during a war Noem’s testimony came during a shutdown at DHS as Democrats demand changes to the way Trump carries out his immigration agenda. Garrett Downs, CNBC, 4 Mar. 2026 The country already carries out around 5,000-7,000 returns per year, but with around 40,000-50,000 new arrivals each year, roughly half of whose asylum applications are rejected, Plevris said the current rate of return was not enough. ABC News, 18 Feb. 2026 His administration has thrown its support behind Netanyahu, though, as Israel carries out its ground offensive in Gaza City. Francesca Chambers, USA Today, 23 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carries out
Verb
  • Technical leaders, who take responsibility for setting the tempo in possession and moving the team forward, can be just as important, and Guimaraes fulfils this duty for Newcastle, too.
    Mark Carey, New York Times, 26 June 2026
  • Through this discipline of reduction, the watch fulfills its own promise—perfection through the removal of excess.
    Richard Mille Contributor, Forbes.com, 25 June 2026
Verb
  • If a model itself performs well but no one defines who owns the false positives after launch, every alert turns into a debate instead of a decision.
    Todd Bernson, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • The county performs about 14,000 inspections annually and about 97% of establishments pass, spokesman Ken Casparis previously told The Sacramento Bee.
    Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado July 10, Sacbee.com, 10 July 2026
Verb
  • But Fortune’s thoughtful little charmer accomplishes the tricky task of dramatizing trauma and healing in terms accessible to all ages.
    Guy Lodge, Variety, 10 July 2026
  • In the end, this revocable trust plus two single-member LLCs structure probably accomplishes no more than to provide a temporary speed bump for creditors.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
Verb
  • Interestingly, the robot achieves its underwater-to-air transition entirely without feet.
    Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 9 July 2026
  • For example, say a best-in-class B2B software company consistently achieves NRR rates of 120% or higher.
    Forbes.com, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • But changing how the world executes agreements was never just about software.
    Keith Krach, Fortune, 3 July 2026
  • This command executes malicious code inside the AppleScript directly.
    Dan Goodin, ArsTechnica, 2 July 2026
Verb
  • Over 35 years, my job has been to think one or two steps ahead of the market, or at least understand the risk before the crowd does.
    Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 11 July 2026
  • For Unalus, the uncertainty facing families weighs heavily, but so does hope.
    Reginald David, Hartford Courant, 11 July 2026
Verb
  • These are fed through a hopper into the reactor vessel to produce a self-regulating fission reaction and are cooled by helium gas that carries off the heat to a heat exchanger to generate steam for electrical generators.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 20 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The banquet makes a bold visual comparison of the two women, in fact.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
  • Franke pointed to Franco-German defense projects as an example of how national political incentives can slow cooperation, even when joint production makes strategic sense.
    Elsa Ohlen, CNBC, 6 July 2026

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“Carries out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carries%20out. Accessed 18 Jul. 2026.

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