carries off

present tense third-person singular of carry off

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Recent Examples of carries off 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, 20 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carries off
Verb
  • Glasser signed a first-look film and TV deal with the studio that will begin early next year, after his company fulfills its current obligations to Paramount.
    Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Glasser has signed a first-look film and TV deal with the new studio that will begin in early 2026, after his company fulfills its current obligations to Paramount.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 26 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Each participant had lost central vision in one eye due to dry AMD, which destroys light-sensitive macular cells over time.
    Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Oct. 2025
  • An arson fire destroys the 43-year-old Globe Theatre on March 8 (the arsonist was never caught, but a firebug had set several blazes in the park that winter).
    Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 19 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Williams' new movie Regretting You is based on author Colleen Hoover's 2019 novel; Williams and Mckenna Grace costar as mother-daughter duo Morgan and Clara, whose relationship is tested after a car accident kills both Clara's father (Scott Eastwood) and Morgan's sister Jenny (Willa Fitzgerald).
    Tommy McArdle, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Tim Robbins’s turn as a smarmy film executive who kills a screenwriter skewers the movie industry with a wink and a nod.
    Erik Morse, Vogue, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Plants performs best in moist soils and partial shade to prevent drying out.
    Kim Toscano, Southern Living, 27 Oct. 2025
  • Platforms have been listening to advertiser concerns, Granger said, but the hope is to have Apple, Spotify and YouTube move to more of a standard, as advertisers look to see how an ad performs across all mediums.
    Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 27 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • But maybe audiences will at least reach for their remotes and go to streaming for the killer doll that slays in more ways than one.
    Savannah Salazar, Vulture, 27 Sep. 2025
  • That means, the two are booked and busy serving gothic style slays all day — with one exception.
    Michelle Lee, People.com, 15 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Our favorite mustard accomplishes just that.
    Melinda Salchert, Southern Living, 11 Oct. 2025
  • Even if Gruden accomplishes that task, the victory would be subject to another round of appeals.
    Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 3 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • These are winnable games if everyone executes on the Carolina side, but Young being questionable for both (potentially) makes the outlook kind of up in the air.
    Mike Kaye October 21, Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2025
  • Missouri executes 1st inmate of the year Missouri executed Lance Shockley, 48, by lethal injection for the 2005 murder of 37-year-old Sgt.
    Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • 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
  • For the most part, Ruth carries out her daily chores, and submits to the Brotherhood’s inflexible vision of domesticity.
    Hannah Gold, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2025

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“Carries off.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carries%20off. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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