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as in to survive
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as in to carry out
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Recent Examples of carry through
Birch hardwood floors gleam underfoot, mahogany coffered ceilings crown the ballroom and dining room, and fine custom details carry through every corner.
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Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
There, the hotel’s commitment to being relaxed but refined carries through in the ground-floor brasserie.
—Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Viewers are more or less carried through the story by the Trevante character, and his heroic journey takes him from the sands of Kandahar to the doorstep of the alien mothership.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Then this body of work sat, boxed up and carried through a life’s career, unexamined for nearly 60 years.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2025
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Miriam Schwartz, Boston Herald, 5 Sep. 2025
There, the hotel’s commitment to being relaxed but refined carries through in the ground-floor brasserie.
—Ann Abel, Forbes.com, 5 Sep. 2025
Viewers are more or less carried through the story by the Trevante character, and his heroic journey takes him from the sands of Kandahar to the doorstep of the alien mothership.
—Jeff Spry, Space.com, 4 Sep. 2025
Then this body of work sat, boxed up and carried through a life’s career, unexamined for nearly 60 years.
—Christopher Bonanos, Curbed, 3 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry through
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This discipline, debating until the best idea survives, teaches future leaders to welcome scrutiny, pressure-test their own reasoning, and make tough calls with limited information.—
Ruth Umoh,
Fortune,
1 Oct. 2025
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In June, Netanyahu’s right-wing coalition narrowly survived a push for early elections, which could have led to the dissolution of his government and advanced an election set for October 2026.—
Caitlin McFall,
FOXNews.com,
1 Oct. 2025
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Federal immigration agents carried out a weeklong enforcement campaign across central Florida that led to the arrest of more than 400 migrants without legal status, officials say.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
1 Oct. 2025
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Emergency services are scrambling to find survivors today, with military troops, police and civilian volunteers carrying out door-by-door searches.—
Alexandra Banner,
CNN Money,
1 Oct. 2025
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Nick Whiteside and Erick Hallett Hallett spent training camp with the Lions and stuck around on the practice squad after roster cutdown day.—
Colton Pouncy,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Summer-like weather, with temperatures soaring up to 15 degrees above what’s normal for early October, will stick around Kansas City for a few more days, according to the National Weather Service.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
2 Oct. 2025
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This could herald an end not just to the acute suffering under this war, but also to the misery that has prevailed in the Strip, especially since 2007, when Israel and Egypt imposed a blockade in response to Hamas’s violent takeover of the territory.—
Hussein Ibish,
The Atlantic,
1 Oct. 2025
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Then, Tennessee survived in Starkville in OT, while Trinidad Chambliss and Ole Miss prevailed over LSU (and Lane Kiffin sounded like a sitcom dad).—
Steven Louis Goldstein,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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The state is yet to fulfill that request.—
Rachel Wegner,
Nashville Tennessean,
3 Oct. 2025
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Here is the new trailer for Last Days, director Justin Lin‘s feature based on the true story of Chau (Sky Yang), who embarks on a journey to fulfill his life’s mission.—
Erik Pedersen,
Deadline,
2 Oct. 2025
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“Carry through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carry%20through. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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