carries out

verb

present tense third-person singular of carry out
as in fulfills
to carry through (as a process) to completion carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully

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Recent Examples of carries out Sell Your Gold carries out that assessment as the potential buyer. — Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026 China sends military planes, as well as Coast Guard ships and other vessels towards Taiwan on a daily basis and carries out large-scale military exercises from time to time. — ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026 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 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
  1. fulfills
  2. performs
  3. accomplishes
  4. achieves
  5. executes
  6. does
  7. carries off
  8. makes
Verb
  • Securing public money for them raises issues over church-state separation but fulfills a longstanding goal for Christian conservatives, who lobbied for this funding.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Ashley Gearhardt, who studies and treats food addiction at the University of Michigan, points out that social media fulfills our base need for socialization in the same way that ultraprocessed products fulfill our need for food.
    — Allison Parshall, Scientific American, 20 Oct. 2026
Definition of fulfills
Verb
  • The re-emergence of a long-unseen Jean-Michel Basquiat masterpiece is a miracle the art market occasionally performs.
    — Tessa Solomon, ARTnews.com, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Brooks performs in the round, meaning anyone can see him on the stage regardless of where they’re seated.
    — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 21 Oct. 2026
Definition of performs
Verb
  • Seattle accomplishes this by masterfully disguising defensive assignments before the snap, which can force Mahomes to diagnose where to go with the football only after dropping back.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
  • By avoiding a price cut, this option maintains the value of your property and nearby residences but still accomplishes your goal of bringing would-be buyers to your place.
    — Lew Sichelman, Miami Herald, 14 Oct. 2026
Definition of accomplishes
Verb
  • And while tax law partially achieves his pledge to eliminate taxes on tips and overtime, the reality is a little more complicated.
    — Josephine Murphy, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2026
  • The jacket achieves weather-resistant performance through a unique process where Hermin Textiin weaves ultra-fine lyocell yarns into a dense ripstop, then compacts it with heat.
    — Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 22 Oct. 2026
Definition of achieves
Verb
  • How can Christians, who both grieve and celebrate the sacrifice of Jesus, support a flawed justice system that inevitably executes innocents?
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
  • Some of the chip designs that the company executes, like those which animate an iPhone or a Mac, are inestimably precious trade secrets.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, New Yorker, 19 Oct. 2026
Definition of executes
Verb
  • And a reminder that these millionaires are playing a child’s game, because no one relishes it with quite the joy and verve and passion and emotion and occasional tantrum like Doncic does.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 24 Oct. 2026
  • By default, the dial does nothing other than serve as the pairing button.
    — Mark Knapp, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026
Definition of does
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
Definition of carries off
Verb
  • Ukraine's General Staff that day said its forces hit an electronics plant in Oryol that makes components for the cruise and ballistic missiles Russia fires at Ukrainian cities.
    — Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 26 Oct. 2026
  • Pulling on a long rope of influences that begins with the Wilsons and runs through British prog, bedroom pop, and chillwave, Doomed is a serene and satisfying collection which, like its forebears, makes a personal matter of universal consciousness.
    — Ryan Meehan, Pitchfork, 26 Oct. 2026
Definition of makes

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