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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Institutions ensure that responsibility survives the individuals entrusted with it.

— Walid Chiniara, Forbes.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Fred left a timeless legacy of dance on film, most famously in his collaborations with Ginger Rogers, while Adele’s work has been lost to history; indeed, no footage of her dancing survives.

— Séraphine Roger, Vanity Fair, 26 Sep. 2026

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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

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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
That prevails in the sense of a connection between an artist and a fan.

— Lily Moayeri, SPIN, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of prevails

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Civic Federation President Joe Ferguson agreed that whether or not Johnson fulfills his pledge to transparently outline the projection will prove critical.

— Jake Sheridan, Chicago Tribune, 18 Sep. 2026
This fulfills a key demand for nearly 30 percent of consumers.

— Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of fulfills

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The Power Cleaner performs a more intensive scan than the Quick Optimizer, with options to run optimizations automatically when the scan finishes and to shut down the system after optimization completes.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026
Consumers can start with a small balance and narrow permissions, observe how the agent performs and expand its authority over time.

— Louis Hoch, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026

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