1
as in executed
to carry through (as a process) to completion
she performed the task quickly and expertly
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2
as in served
to have a certain purpose
the kidneys perform as a filtering system for the blood
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as in played
to present a portrayal or performance of
has always dreamed of performing Hamlet on stage
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Recent Examples of performed
Season 34's core panel of judges all agreed that Earle performed exceptionally.
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Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
In fact, all of the tasks Neo performed in a test run with a reporter from the Wall Street Journal weren’t done autonomously.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
Two independent types of tests were performed on tissue samples, which revealed abnormal proteins that cause CWD.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
For months doctors at the last functioning hospital in the wartorn Sudanese city of el-Fasher performed operations by torchlight, desperately trying to save lives in the most impossible conditions.
—NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
The fragrance category performed the strongest, with sales up 13% on an organic basis, thanks to top sellers Le Labo, Tom Ford and Jo Malone.
—Maliha Shoaib, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Among the high-profile guests were Laufey, who performed during the fete, Jimmy Kimmel and Jackie Aina.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Researchers found the pomegranate solution performed just as well as the antiseptic solution.
—Jinan Banna, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2025
The electronic musician's death comes a few weeks after Ball performed with Soft Cell at the Rewind Festival in England, where the group reportedly played to over 20,000 fans.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 30 Oct. 2025
In fact, all of the tasks Neo performed in a test run with a reporter from the Wall Street Journal weren’t done autonomously.
—Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 30 Oct. 2025
Two independent types of tests were performed on tissue samples, which revealed abnormal proteins that cause CWD.
—Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 30 Oct. 2025
For months doctors at the last functioning hospital in the wartorn Sudanese city of el-Fasher performed operations by torchlight, desperately trying to save lives in the most impossible conditions.
—NPR, 30 Oct. 2025
The fragrance category performed the strongest, with sales up 13% on an organic basis, thanks to top sellers Le Labo, Tom Ford and Jo Malone.
—Maliha Shoaib, Vogue, 30 Oct. 2025
Among the high-profile guests were Laufey, who performed during the fete, Jimmy Kimmel and Jackie Aina.
—Kelsey Stewart, Footwear News, 30 Oct. 2025
Researchers found the pomegranate solution performed just as well as the antiseptic solution.
—Jinan Banna, Verywell Health, 30 Oct. 2025
The electronic musician's death comes a few weeks after Ball performed with Soft Cell at the Rewind Festival in England, where the group reportedly played to over 20,000 fans.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for performed
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While the women accused in the infamous Salem witch trials in colonial America have long since been pardoned, the convictions of hundreds of British women executed under similar laws officially still stand.—
James Frater,
CNN Money,
31 Oct. 2025
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The story of Aileen Wuornos—who murdered seven men between 1989 and 1990 and was executed by lethal injection in 2002—has long been a fixture of culture, fictionalized on TV and dramatized for film, with Charlize Theron playing the serial killer in an Oscar-winning role.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
30 Oct. 2025
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Alex Thomas has served as the Washington Correspondent for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since November 2022.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Oct. 2025
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The clips allegedly showed Hanson urinating on food, spitting into containers, stomping on food items and rubbing them on his body before they were served to customers, per court documents and reporting by KCTV5, KMBC 9 and The Kansas City Star.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Tewes, who had played cruise director Julie McCoy, since the series debuted in 1977, returned for a handful of episodes in the dramedy's final two seasons in 1986 and 1987.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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This came to a head for one of the show's stars, Lauren Tewes, who played cruise director Julie McCoy.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Since Operation Nightingale began, the three agencies have worked on 24,757 square feet of the site and recovered nearly 5,000 of the plane’s artifacts.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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But the real, urgent work ahead of them was to redeem the losses slavery had wrought.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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If the solution is more housing, how is that accomplished?—
Desiree Mathurin,
Charlotte Observer,
30 Oct. 2025
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This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office.—
Hollie Silverman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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Some major questions linger over whether DeSalvo acted alone or even committed all of the killings.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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And there’s Ben’s mother Anne Meara, who wrote plays, acted in everything from TV sitcoms to Shakespeare in the Park productions, and always preferred her son’s more serious work to his broader, big-budget laugh riots.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2025
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Flemyng stars as Steven Wyles, who is causing the team of Explosives Officer, or Expo, Lana Washington, portrayed by McClure, all sorts of headaches with his sinister vendetta.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Oct. 2025
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This is the first time Cargill has been portrayed as a heel on WWE TV.—
Fernando Quiles Jr,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Reports surfaced shortly after the tryouts suggesting that these three were expected to sign with WWE once their existing independent bookings were fulfilled.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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These reports have attracted scrutiny from the courts, with a New Kent County Circuit Court judge appointing a special prosecutor on Wednesday to investigate whether Jones’s political work fulfilled his community service obligation.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Performed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/performed. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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