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as in to execute
to carry through (as a process) to completion
she performed the task quickly and expertly
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as in to play
to present a portrayal or performance of
has always dreamed of performing Hamlet on stage
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Recent Examples of perform
The band got back together in 1981 and performed until Travers' death in 2009 at the age of 72.
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Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
27 June 2026
After performing a patch test, it can be used as a soothing skin toner.
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Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
27 June 2026
Since then, Koopman has performed in a film shown at Mount Vernon and multiple other documentaries.
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Jennifer Ludden,
NPR,
27 June 2026
His fellow University of Pennsylvania football players performed cheek swabs on students who stopped to sign up at the event this spring.
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Rylan Digiacomo-Rapp,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
See All Example Sentences for perform
Meredith Wilshere,
PEOPLE,
27 June 2026
After performing a patch test, it can be used as a soothing skin toner.
—
Melissa Kravitz Hoeffner,
Martha Stewart,
27 June 2026
Since then, Koopman has performed in a film shown at Mount Vernon and multiple other documentaries.
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Jennifer Ludden,
NPR,
27 June 2026
His fellow University of Pennsylvania football players performed cheek swabs on students who stopped to sign up at the event this spring.
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Rylan Digiacomo-Rapp,
The Orlando Sentinel,
27 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for perform
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The surest way to move the fastest, have the greatest impact and capture the most value is to vertically integrate and execute on the full value chain end-to-end.
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Most of the videos featured phony trades executed on dummy sites designed to resemble Polymarket, according to the Journal, which said the company's actions were part of a campaign to lure users to its offshore, unregulated platform.
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DeSantis panned that idea, noting that the federal government isn’t acting.
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The report’s key finding was that an odd, angry, 24-year-old assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, had acted alone, for reasons nobody could quite figure out.
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For tour this time around, Pillsbury is looking forward to playing larger venues, which offer space for grander production.
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The elder Moniak, now 86, played six seasons in the Red Sox farm system from 1958-63, and like Hall of Famer Carl Yastrzemski, was among the young outfielders who benefited from the tutelage of a special batting instructor named Ted Williams at spring training ‘61-63.
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With curved teardrop shapes, floral accents, and leaf motifs, its design works especially well for the spring and summer seasons, though its abstract, ornamental pattern can be displayed during cooler months as well.
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Bowie worked as a driver at Interfaith Medical Center.
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More than half of Gen Zers said doing work that was personally fulfilling was within their top three priorities, and 25% ranked helping and caring for others up top, as well.
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The commission just fulfilled one of its primary duties, forwarding to Mayor Barbara Lee a shortlist of finalists to be considered for the job of the Oakland Police Department’s next permanent chief.
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But because Pennsylvania now requires absentee ballots to be received by Election Day, the date requirement no longer serves its intended purpose, Democrats argue.
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In late July, when most delegates were out of town for a 10-day break, Wilson stayed in Philadelphia to serve on a five-man committee tasked with drafting the Constitution.
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Texts, screen grabs, recordings and other records recovered from a search of Rinderknecht’s cellphones and presented in court portrayed a man who was by turns lonely and livid, angry at billionaires and ex-romantic partners while seemingly scared about his own declining mental health.
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Meanwhile, Krakow portrays protagonist Elizabeth Thatcher, who leaves behind her privileged life to become a schoolteacher on the western frontier in a coal mining town in 1900s Canada.
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Air Sprint, founded in 2000, operates a fleet of 44 jets for over 600 fractional owners and ranks eighth among North American operators by flight hours.
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Another pilot flying into Newark on a United Express flight operated by GoJet Airlines also reported seeing a drone at roughly 2,000 feet, according to ATC audio from around the same time.
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“Perform.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perform. Accessed 28 Jun. 2026.
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