CARRIES THROUGH Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

carries through

verb

present tense third-person singular of carry through

as in survives

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Verb

As for why Carrie survives, Flanagan has plans for another two seasons, taking us into uncharted territory with King’s blessing.

— ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 21 Oct. 2026
Mary, who survives him with their sons, remained by his side to the end.

— The Week UK, TheWeek, 17 Oct. 2026

Definition of survives

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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, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of carries out

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Instead, silence frequently prevails on the air, if not on social media.

— Mike Sando, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
The site to which Shift is specific is not just the farm in King City but the field of historical preservation, where the conundrum of stasis versus passing time prevails.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of prevails

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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

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Then, ceramides and niacinamide help reinforce the skin barrier so all that hydration sticks around for more than a couple of hours.

— Sheryl George, Allure, 5 Oct. 2026
Skies are expected to remain partly sunny Thursday as the chance of precipitation hits and sticks around through the night, NWS states.

— Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of sticks around

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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

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