carrying out

present participle of carry out

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of carrying out 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 If Mamdani calls for the Israeli leader to be taken into custody, Tisch would be tasked with carrying out the arrest. Nicholas Williams, New York Daily News, 19 July 2026 The massacre left at least 70 people dead and factions of the gang were accused of carrying out the attacks. Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026 Justice Minister Mmamoloko Kubayi, who announced the figures and is part of a government team carrying out a sweeping crackdown, said Malawians, Mozambicans, and Zimbabweans made up the bulk of those sent overseas. Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 13 July 2026 He’s accused of using a cellphone, the internet and interstate highways, among other means, while planning and carrying out the attack, as well as staying at a hostel that serves out-of-state customers. Michael R. Sisak, Los Angeles Times, 29 June 2026 And the last, and most complex, are the regional powers financing the fighting, middle-power actors like the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Iran spending huge sums to back insurgent groups while carrying out strategic military strikes in pursuit of resources and political power. Janine Di Giovanni, Vanity Fair, 25 June 2026 Officials said one defendant, Heriberto Rodriguez of Framingham, Massachusetts, is accused of carrying out more than $546,000 in benefit fraud involving MassHealth, Social Security, housing assistance and SNAP benefits. Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 18 June 2026 The environmental lawsuit is the latest attempt to prevent the governor from carrying out his unpopular return-to-office order. William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 28 May 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carrying out
Verb
  • But presiding over his daughter’s outdoor wedding helped, fulfilling another psalm’s promise.
    Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • This strategy empowers community banks with advanced AI, fulfilling Jack Henry's mission for their success.
    Peter High, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Verb
  • The actors also showcased their talent by performing scenes from the show, in tandem with clips projected onto the big panel screens for audiences.
    Diya Chacko, Oc Register, 24 July 2026
  • After performing very well in 2020-21, Leeds’ first season back in the Premier League after an absence of 16 years, Illan Meslier’s signature on a five-year contract was viewed as a long-term solution.
    Beren Cross, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • Evaluation frameworks, orchestration, agent definitions and business rules should evolve independently from the intelligence executing them.
    Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • But the nationwide total last year nearly doubled compared to the year prior, with 11 states executing 47 inmates – 19 of whom were in Florida, DPIC data shows.
    Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • Why The Executive Playbook Has To Change The typical model for high-achieving leaders is to out-suffer everyone else in the room, appear unflappable, stay silent on struggles, and be the first one in and last one out.
    Julian Hayes II, Forbes.com, 25 July 2026
  • Thus, in this novel, the Vanstone sisters are constantly prevented from achieving their ultimate goals of domesticity, through no faults of their own.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • The team at Sneaker Politics is celebrating the retailer’s 20th year in business by accomplishing a long-time dream — opening a store in Houston, Texas.
    Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 24 July 2026
  • That has Republicans worried about accomplishing much at all.
    Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Fury is doing his own tune-up work, with his bout against Mariusz Wach landing the night before this card.
    Brian Mazique, Forbes.com, 24 July 2026
  • But doing so would cost multiples of the original sale price.
    Annie Costabile, New York Times, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • Mint Julep Experiences has built its business around making those trips easy, and the new Buffalo Bus gives travelers a straightforward way to visit one of Kentucky's most famous distilleries without having to worry about logistics.
    Emily Price, Forbes.com, 30 July 2026
  • People making folk music around the world have a nonprofit based in Kansas City to thank for improving their odds of scoring a Grammy Award next year.
    Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 30 July 2026
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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“Carrying out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carrying%20out. Accessed 31 Jul. 2026.

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