carries on

present tense third-person singular of carry on

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of carries on Rhamondre Stevenson took 17 carries on 45 snaps and did little with them because his rushing lanes were chock full of traffic. Andrew Callahan, Boston Herald, 12 Sep. 2025 Ostapenko appears visibly confused and shakes her head multiple times as the argument carries on. Ingrid Vasquez, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025 The Bromley 750 carries on that legacy by also being fully transportable with its wheeled design. Mark Sparrow, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025 Hernandez carries on in this vein, like a friend breathlessly reporting back on a fantastic first date. Maya Singer, Vogue, 19 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carries on
Verb
  • If secrecy persists, gently ask if there are aspects of their life that feel hard to discuss.
    Mark Travers, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • However, homelessness still persists even as advocates use both approaches.
    Idaho Statesman, Idaho Statesman, 11 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The company operates sprawling businesses across retail, cloud computing, advertising, and other areas.
    Annie Palmer, CNBC, 17 Sep. 2025
  • The Russian government operates about half of the 210 total facilities, the report found.
    Mike Brest, The Washington Examiner, 16 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Blanc specifically acts out moments from John Dickson Carr's The Hollow Man to illustrate the impossibility of the crime.
    Esther Zuckerman, Time, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Traditional methods might overlook the quiet student who won’t ask for help or the struggling reader who acts out to hide their difficulty grasping the words.
    Haozhen Yang, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • After an initial jam session to determine musical abilities and interests, participants are paired up and assigned to a counselor who manages their activities for the week.
    Jim Clash, Forbes.com, 14 Sep. 2025
  • In August 2023, Perez – a tourism official who manages the island’s biggest concert venue, the Coliseo – got a phone call from two producers for Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, the genre-bending Puerto Rican rapper, singer, actor and occasional professional wrestler better known as Bad Bunny.
    Max Saltman, CNN Money, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • In this photo, mama, who liked posing for the camera, supervises her litter of kittens.
    Cecilia Rodriguez, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
  • Cucinelli supervises the company’s image and communication, especially through social platforms, and has greatly contributed to reach out to the younger generations.
    WWD Staff, Footwear News, 8 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Windows 11 Pro is engineered to work with your PC—not against it—so your system finally runs like the powerhouse it was built to be.
    StackCommerce Team, PC Magazine, 14 Sep. 2025
  • There is also, generally speaking, universal admission that boy, this game sure runs terribly on PC, leading to a huge number of negative Steam reviews, causing the game to be Mixed there.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The Kansas City Election Board, which oversees voting within Kansas City limits, will receive about $900,000 from the general fund in the Jackson County budget about three weeks before the election, Ealom and KCEB Republican Director Shawn Kieffer said.
    Ilana Arougheti, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Newell oversees no annual fund-raising pushes, leads no searches for public money or corporate underwriting grants.
    Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 10 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Canales likely doesn’t want to cause an issue, especially this early in the season, by mandating how the defensive play-caller handles his various rotations and depth chart.
    Mike Kaye September 10, Charlotte Observer, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Serafina handles supervision and discipline in the brothel, while Arcángela manages finances and connections with local officials.
    Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 10 Sep. 2025

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“Carries on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carries%20on. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.

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