as in to execute
to carry through (as a process) to completion
the neurologists plan to prosecute their research for as long as funding remains available
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Recent Examples of prosecute
He will be prosecuted and, if convicted, serve his sentence in the U.S. before being returned to El Salvador, officials confirmed.
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2025
Park is expected to be prosecuted in California, officials said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
The Department of Justice takes these threats with the utmost seriousness and will prosecute this crime to the fullest extent of the law.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Brockbank was prosecuted by a task force started under the Biden administration in 2021 to combat the rise of threats targeting election officials.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2025
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 6 June 2025
Park is expected to be prosecuted in California, officials said.
—Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 4 June 2025
The Department of Justice takes these threats with the utmost seriousness and will prosecute this crime to the fullest extent of the law.
—Khaleda Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 June 2025
Brockbank was prosecuted by a task force started under the Biden administration in 2021 to combat the rise of threats targeting election officials.
—Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 30 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosecute
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Trump’s order comes amid continued clashes between demonstrators and federal agents executing immigration enforcement actions in L.A., which have led to more than 100 arrests.—
Dan Mangan,Erin Doherty,
CNBC,
8 June 2025
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But Apple has yet to execute on that potential with AI, and the clock is ticking.—
Lisa Eadicicco,
CNN Money,
8 June 2025
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The only headliner to perform was country hitmaker Luke Combs on Thursday, who made history as the festival's first-ever country headliner.—
Jay Stahl,
USA Today,
15 June 2025
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This way your sales and service teams can not only ask questions about customers, prospects and other CRM activities but ultimately launch agents to perform tasks automatically based on these queries.—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
15 June 2025
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These are the building blocks that will help retailers fulfill the promise of their RMNs—not just as a media platform, but as a growth engine.—
Lindsey Mazza,
Forbes.com,
6 June 2025
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To fulfill President Donald Trump's plan to build America into a manufacturing powerhouse, permitting reform needs to go hand-in-hand with the administration's industrial strategy, which also includes tariffs on steel, tax cuts, and deregulation.—
Matt Robison,
MSNBC Newsweek,
5 June 2025
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One of his owners, Craig Leipold, did, back in January.—
Pierre LeBrun,
New York Times,
5 June 2025
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Trump and his allies are doing their best to rule through systematic intimidation.—
Steve Chapman,
Chicago Tribune,
4 June 2025
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Both Bronco and Bronco Sport have earned overall 5-star NHTSA New Car Assessment Program (NCAP) ratings, and Bronco is currently the only vehicle in its segment to achieve a five-star overall vehicle score in NHTSA’s testing.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
14 June 2025
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However, in Condrieu, the grape achieves an expression that is difficult to replicate elsewhere.—
Forbes.com,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2025
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The solution that Apple implemented in early 2024 , for the first time, allowed developers to include links to external websites where iPhone app users could put in their payment info.—
Morgan Chittum,
CNBC,
5 June 2025
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Rodney Franklin, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s director of state parks, said the new policy wasn’t implemented in response to the Palo Pinto Mountains delays.—
Matthew Adams,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
5 June 2025
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The 25-year-old made his first professional hole-in-one during his second-career win at the Genesis Invitational in February.—
Joe Arruda,
Hartford Courant,
14 June 2025
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The traffic alert was released Friday at 3:16 p.m., and the latest update regarding this incident was made available on Friday at 3:38 p.m.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 June 2025
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“Prosecute.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosecute. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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