CARRYING OUT Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

carrying out

verb

present participle of carry out

as in fulfilling

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

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Recent Examples of carrying out It may be overlooked, considering how comfortable Suzuki appears when carrying out Unai Emery’s ploy of his backline baiting an opponent’s press, but at Parma, he was required to kick mostly long. — Aston Villa, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026 Despite their return, the Sussexes will remain as non-working royals and will not be carrying out any official royal engagements on behalf of the sovereign, says the document, sent by Lord Chamberlain, a top Palace official, according to the BBC. — Jennifer Hassan, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2026 Prakash Chand, a resident, said laborers were in the basement carrying out digging work when the building collapsed. — ABC News, 7 Sep. 2026 The update makes Claude more useful in carrying out work tasks as Anthropic is evolving the assistant into more of an AI workplace agent. — Gene Marks, Forbes.com, 23 Aug. 2026 Tehran has said the Iranians went missing while carrying out an operation against the United States' Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar on March 2, shortly after the outbreak of the war. — August 17, CBS News, 17 Aug. 2026 Employees at that agency are tasked with carrying out infrastructure projects that protect military and public spaces from long-term risks, like erosion, and more immediate problems, including disaster recovery after storms. — Chiara Eisner, NPR, 3 Aug. 2026 The remaining work includes installing equipment, carrying out system integration, and completing testing before the ropeway opens to passengers. — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 3 Aug. 2026 Sobbing and struggling to speak, the then-14-year-old described pausing in a school bathroom before carrying out the attack. — Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 27 July 2026

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Others can involve providing financial stability for a child who has pursued a meaningful and fulfilling career that does not pay very much, or assisting younger family members with a down payment in a tight housing market.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2026
With Charlie, Erika was well on her way to fulfilling this fantasy.

— Clara Molot, Vanity Fair, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of fulfilling

Verb

Give yourself permission to enjoy connection without performing constant availability.

— Tarot.com, Baltimore Sun, 29 Sep. 2026
The special show at the sanctuary found Wakeman sitting at a grand piano and performing a few new compositions written specifically for the bears.

— Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of performing

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The 30-logical-qubit demonstration represents an important data point in the industry’s effort to move from isolated quantum experiments toward machines capable of executing increasingly long and reliable computations.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 Sep. 2026
Most importantly, ask whether your team has started avoiding good ideas because executing them on the website feels too difficult.

— James Fratzke, Forbes.com, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of executing

Verb

Curtis had a difficult time rebuilding the staff at her clubs on the way out of the pandemic — accomplishing that only with the help of comics who promoted her efforts on their podcasts.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
Achievement is much more useful when the person accomplishing it still likes the life waiting afterward.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of accomplishing

Verb

Some of the stories are just spoken matter-of-factly, while others are acted out with Jaku doing all the voices.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Anyone attempting to judge these works by their relationship to canonized video, computational art, and painting may have difficulty doing so.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of doing

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Along with return airport transfers, VIP airport assistance, 30-minute photo sessions, daily wellness activities, Balinese house visits, private melukat purification ceremonies, and jamu-making classes are all complimentary.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 1 Oct. 2026
In turn, an interpretation may report that no concerning variant was found without making clear that the relevant gene was not fully examined.

— Euan Ashley, STAT, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of making

Verb

Zeus acting for his own pleasure underlies the evolutionary tales of small groups raiding foreign shores, carrying off women.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 Jan. 2026
Before the night was out, Germans began chipping away at the barrier, carrying off chunks of one of the symbols of the diminishing Iron Curtain.

— Arizona Republic, AZCentral.com, 9 Nov. 2025

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