CARRY OUT Synonyms: 43 Similar and Opposite Words

carry out

verb

Definition of carry out

as in to fulfill

to carry through (as a process) to completion carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully

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Recent Examples of carry out Methods also differ across states, with the majority of executions in 2025 carried out by lethal injection. — Kate Bartlett, NPR, 2 Oct. 2026 Students carry out a blocking protest at the Cesar Baggio secondary school in Lille on September 29, 2026. — Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 2 Oct. 2026 Wyoming, with no one currently on death row, hasn’t carried out an execution since 1992, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. — Rebecca Boone, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2026 That is in large part, Steiker said, because of a deferential judicial approach to the execution process, which has consistently empowered states to carry out executions. — ABC News, 2 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for carry out

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The Incredible Hulk, the Thing, He-Man, Superman—these cartoon heroes must fulfill some kind of longing.

— Gavin Francis, The New York Review of Books, 3 Oct. 2026
Other situations can involve employees exercising rights or fulfilling obligations protected by law.

— William Jones, Sacbee.com, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of fulfill

Verb

The award is given to an artist who is accomplished behind the camera as well as in front of it.

— Chris Willman, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026
After the Dodgers won in 2024, the commissioner’s office redefined competitive balance as how often a small-market team won the World Series, last accomplished by the 2015 Kansas City Royals.

— Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of accomplish

Verb

Turkish director Yeşim Ustaoğlu returns with a beautifully shot, superbly performed exploration of a modern couple embarking on separate journeys of self-discovery.

— Jessica Kiang, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
The launch comes less than a month after Meta released Muse, an AI agent designed to help people book travel, manage their email and perform other tasks.

— Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of perform

Verb

Thus, during training the goal is to minimize the difference between the forecast and what actually happens until an AI model achieves the smallest possible error.

— Chanh Kieu, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2026
Multi-agent systems (from Microsoft’s AutoGen to Claude Research’s subagents) have achieved limited coordination in this way over the past few years.

— Michael Morris, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of achieve

Verb

Hospital staff were working to save Pike's life and as of late Thursday were trying to clear the two doses of the drug that the state uses to execute prisoners, her lawyers wrote in a Friday filing in Davidson County Chancery Court.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 3 Oct. 2026
Pike, who was sentenced to death for the 1995 murder of 19-year-old Colleen Slemmer, was set to become the first woman executed in Tennessee in 200 years.

— Eric Levenson, CNN Money, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of execute

Verb

Until today, human scientists have been the agents responsible for discovering cancer cures, and for doing so they (and key associates) have been showered with academic credit and awards, perhaps even a Nobel Prize.

— Jeffrey S. Flier, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
In a game that looked lopsided for the better part of three quarters, the Chargers did enough Sunday to scare the defending Super Bowl champions.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 5 Oct. 2026

Definition of do

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Crab shells, whole and in pieces, turned up all over the school, to be swept away with the dust and fallen leaves and other litter, placed in a trash bag, and carried off behind the buildings to the incinerator.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Sep. 2026
Burns was carried off the field by teammates Aaron Stinnie and Andrew Thomas.

— Pat Leonard, New York Daily News, 27 Sep. 2026

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