carrying on

present participle of carry on
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Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of carrying on Still, Republicans and Democrats are not letting the optics of fundraising or networking during a shutdown stop them from carrying on like usual. Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 17 Oct. 2025 Lee’s granddaughter, Carolyn Yim — the creator of Ply-Knits — has been carrying on the family legacy by producing some of Samuel Gui Yang’s most iconic knitwear pieces. Denni Hu, Footwear News, 17 Oct. 2025 The City of Portland’s official account also weighed in, posting that while national media painted a grim picture, daily life was carrying on as usual. Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Sep. 2025 Big thanks to Betty Lin-Fisher and Baily Schulz for carrying on in our absence. Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 16 Sep. 2025 All that carrying on caused the rusty metal trap to cut further into his leg, which caused a terrible infection. Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 16 Sep. 2025 On the streets of Caracas, word of the US strike is on everyone’s lips, but beyond being a popular talking point most people here are keeping calm and carrying on – while doing their best to stay afloat. Andrew Raine, CNN Money, 4 Sep. 2025 More than just another bourbon For the Jackson Purchase team, making bourbon is about carrying on a legacy of distillation in Kentucky and supporting the local community. Olivia Evans, The Courier-Journal, 22 Aug. 2025 But this Lutheran church some 120 miles above the Arctic Circle seeks to incorporate the region's minority languages -- Northern Sami, Finnish and Meänkieli -- into worship services, carrying on an inclusive ethos that has been a cornerstone of the historic wooden church since its founding in 1912. Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carrying on
Verb
  • Warm weather boosts sales Unseasonably warm weather persisting into October and a lack of severe weather events nationwide have had a larger impact on Tractor Supply's business than tariffs and inflation, according to the company's top executives.
    Hadley Hitson, Nashville Tennessean, 24 Oct. 2025
  • The soundscape’s melancholy unease conveys a sense of people persisting against the chaos of the world.
    Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • According to Goldstein, the current issues with eVTOLs operating without pilots are a mixture of regulatory, infrastructure in terms of communicating with other aircraft and controllers on the ground, and consumer acceptance.
    James Bickerton, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Oct. 2025
  • SpaceX was also famously involved in funding and operating the headline-grabbing Polaris Dawn crewed commercial mission in September 2024.
    Eric Lagatta, AZCentral.com, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Kinahans seemed to be acting out of pure rage.
    Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • But when her school’s principal suggests that her acting out might be covering up a learning disability, Claire’s mom is hesitant to have her evaluated.
    Sara Rowe Mount, Parents, 15 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Sapana Grossi, managing partner at the Shah Grossi Law Firm in Los Angeles, represents restaurants and chefs.
    Deirdre Bardolf, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
  • Others joined after a long path in permaculture, with deep experience growing food and managing soil and water.
    Nia Bowers, USA Today, 28 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The children's parents were simply socializing like normal, the man wrote, not supervising the kids at all.
    Rachel Raposas, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • There are currently three officers and one supervising sergeant assigned to Natomas Unified, according to the Police Department.
    Rosalio Ahumada, Sacbee.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • In Missouri, disobeying traffic lights is considered a moving violation.
    Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 15 Oct. 2025
  • The next day, Alex begs Mia to put her on TMS to talk about the deep fake, but Mia won’t, because that would be directly disobeying Stella and Celine’s order for Alex to keep quiet.
    Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The two spent a significant amount of time at the park throughout their lives, overseeing the construction of the Ahwahnee, Badger Pass Ski Area, and other major infrastructure projects.
    Cu Fleshman, Travel + Leisure, 25 Oct. 2025
  • At the same time, the administration is trying to use a new round of layoffs to gut multiple offices inside the department, including the Office for Civil Rights and the office responsible for overseeing special education, according to multiple sources within the department.
    The NPR Network, NPR, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Its general sensibility seems more Superstore than The Office, down to the interstitial montages of customers acting up in the perpetually overcrowded waiting room.
    Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Sturm said his back started acting up after the team’s first practice.
    Michael Russo, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Carrying on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrying%20on. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.

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