as in executes
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 prosecutes
The Colorado First Judicial District Attorney's Office prosecutes nearly 20,000 criminal cases a year, and most of them include video as evidence.
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Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2025
The City Law Department, which prosecutes cases in juvenile court, said the two boys were returned to their parents as the investigation continues.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
The city prosecutes those cases itself.
—Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Jan. 2025
Shaun Boyd, CBS News, 24 Dec. 2025
The City Law Department, which prosecutes cases in juvenile court, said the two boys were returned to their parents as the investigation continues.
—Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 21 Aug. 2025
The city prosecutes those cases itself.
—Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati Enquirer, 20 Jan. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosecutes
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System 2 handles high-level reasoning and language, System 1 translates perception into full-body motion at high frequency, and System 0 executes human-like balance and coordination at kilohertz rates.—
Jijo Malayil,
Interesting Engineering,
28 Jan. 2026
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The protocol feeds the graph, the graph trains the model, the model executes better transactions, which generates more protocol data.—
Joe Toscano,
Forbes.com,
22 Jan. 2026
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New York storyteller Laura Sims leads workshops and performs stories on Saturday and Sunday during the Atlanta Jewish Storytelling Festival at The Breman.—
Mary Caldwell,
AJC.com,
7 Jan. 2026
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Mindy performs in this scene wearing a pair of Jimmy Choo’s Sacaria platform sandals.—
Jaden Thompson,
Footwear News,
6 Jan. 2026
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Smart & Safe Florida last week filed a brief arguing that the ballot initiative fulfills legal requirements and should be placed on the ballot.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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Each member fulfills a different role.—
Noah Lyons,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
16 Jan. 2026
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Heated Rivalry accomplishes a hat-trick of happy gay resolutions.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
22 Jan. 2026
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Shining a laser through a person’s head seems like the first step towards technology that accomplishes both.—
Perri Thaler,
IEEE Spectrum,
21 Dec. 2025
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By combining enhanced light-gathering capability with advanced image processing, Hollyland says the Lyra achieves the kind of image quality more usually associated with mirrorless cameras, but in a more compact form factor.—
Mark Sparrow,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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For an affordable alternative, Quince’s Mongolian Cashmere Polo Sweater achieves the same put-together look for less.—
Kristine Thomason,
Travel + Leisure,
22 Jan. 2026
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The Nevada County Arts Council does an extensive survey to track the creative economy locally.—
Kayla Moeller,
CBS News,
23 Jan. 2026
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So, too does Payton with Stidham.—
Troy Renck,
Denver Post,
22 Jan. 2026
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This popular usage makes abundant sense.—
Lance Eliot,
Forbes.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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More importantly, the deal makes Capital One more competitive in the corporate-card market, further aligning its business model with that of rival American Express.—
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CNBC,
23 Jan. 2026
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This gives the black some breathing room and implements a little bit of color with the navy blue.—
Halee Miller Van Ryswyk,
Better Homes & Gardens,
20 Jan. 2026
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Nutanix Flow implements micro-segmentation to contain threats within isolated network segments and provides disaster recovery orchestration for rapid failover and recovery operations.—
Steve McDowell,
Forbes.com,
20 Jan. 2026
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“Prosecutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosecutes. Accessed 30 Jan. 2026.
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