as in to enforce
to carry out effectively
implemented the evacuation plan without a hitch
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as in tool
an article intended for use in work
gardening implements such as hoes, spades, and pruners
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Recent Examples of implement
Samantha Subin, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
The easiest way to implement such a program would be to screen at birth.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 30 July 2025
Satellite and other mapping images suggest the structure, which replaced an area of farm implements near the corner of County Roads 23 and 86A, was built around the same time.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2025
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Verb
The other key law, known as AB 1043, requires that device makers, like Apple and Google, implement tools to verify user ages in their app stores.
—Samantha Subin, CNBC, 14 Oct. 2025
The easiest way to implement such a program would be to screen at birth.
—Rachel Nuwer, Scientific American, 14 Oct. 2025
Noun
Speed limits for implements of husbandry raised The maximum speed limit for implements of husbandry will be increased from 30 to 35 mph.
—Mary Murphy, Twin Cities, 30 July 2025
Satellite and other mapping images suggest the structure, which replaced an area of farm implements near the corner of County Roads 23 and 86A, was built around the same time.
—Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 16 July 2025
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Juneteenth recognizes the end of slavery in the United States on June 19, 1865, when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston to enforce the Emancipation Proclamation, which President Abraham Lincoln had signed more than two years earlier.—
Ciara McCarthy,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
12 Oct. 2025
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After dissolving their own three-person police force, the village has struggled to find a way to enforce village laws, the mayor said.—
Erin Glynn,
Cincinnati Enquirer,
12 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The innovation could pave the way for medical tools that move through the body’s arteries or inspection devices that crawl into complex machinery.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Toys, even ones marketed as tools for the imagination, are never value neutral.—
JSTOR Daily,
JSTOR Daily,
16 Oct. 2025
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The innovation could pave the way for medical tools that move through the body’s arteries or inspection devices that crawl into complex machinery.—
Neetika Walter,
Interesting Engineering,
16 Oct. 2025
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Members of the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office Bomb Squad were then called to the scene and were able to successfully locate and detonate the incendiary devices without any further incident.—
Chris Spargo,
PEOPLE,
15 Oct. 2025
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“Implement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implement. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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