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prosecutes

verb

present tense third-person singular of prosecute
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 government continues to fiercely prosecutes its critics, barring Cubans who antagonize the communist regime from the pool of potential investors. — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026 Allison Lyman, whose 23-year-old son Connor Lopez was killed in April 2025 when a driver turned her SUV left in front of his motorcycle on Sheldon Road in Elk Grove, is campaigning to change how California prosecutes fatal crashes. — Ruyuan Li. Story Produced With Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The Israeli army often announces investigations into violence against Palestinians but rarely makes arrests or prosecutes settlers involved in violence. — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026 Florida prosecutes children as adults for serious crimes and sends juvenile offenders to adult prisons at higher rates than any other state. — Jay Blitzman, The Conversation, 8 June 2026 The race will determine who oversees one of the nation’s largest municipal law offices, which provides legal advice to city officials, represents Los Angeles in litigation and prosecutes misdemeanor charges committed within city limits. — Teresa Liu, Daily News, 3 June 2026 The number of lawyers in the Criminal Division’s Violent Crime and Racketeering Section, which prosecutes organized crime groups and violent gangs, is down significantly, though the section is looking to hire additional attorneys. — Eric Tucker, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026 The District Attorney’s Office already has an Economic Crimes and Consumer Protection division that prosecutes such cases. — Adam Summers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026 The elite section that prosecutes public corruption was gutted; the Civil Rights Division, which protects the Constitutional rights of all Americans, experienced a mass exodus of career attorneys who say the division is being turned into an enforcement arm of the White House. — Ryan Lucas, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosecutes
  1. executes
  2. performs
  3. fulfills
  4. accomplishes
  5. achieves
  6. does
  7. makes
  8. implements
Verb
  • But for anyone disturbed by the way To Catch a Predator executes its faux-law enforcement busts, the movie risks becoming viscerally unpleasant.
    — David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 5 Sep. 2026
  • When disruption arrives, the team executes a plan rather than reacting with uncertainty.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2026
Definition of executes
Verb
  • The idea is less about decorative spectacle than about how a home performs after someone moves in.
    — Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 10 Sep. 2026
  • Run small validation campaigns across separate audiences before increasing budget, compare results with your own sales data and investigate any source that performs unusually well without a clear reason.
    — Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of performs
Verb
  • With Blue in the Face, Koy fulfills a two-special Netflix deal inked in 2023.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
  • In the town of Paradise, Montana, a historic hot springs resort quietly fulfills the promise of the town’s idyllic name.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of fulfills
Verb
  • But in following his friend and fellow war journalist, the titular Osama Al-Ashi, over a single year from the birth of his son in mid-2024 to his first birthday, Hassouna accomplishes something not many filmmakers set out to.
    — Ritesh Mehta, IndieWire, 5 Sep. 2026
  • If grilling, closing the grill for the final minutes accomplishes the same result.
    — Kait Hanson, Southern Living, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of accomplishes
Verb
  • Toyota's 2027 Prius achieves a whopping 57 miles per gallon in the city and 56 miles per gallon on the highway.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2026
  • Tests showed the bio-material achieves a compressive strength of 10 to 12 megapascals.
    — Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 10 Sep. 2026
Definition of achieves
Verb
  • So does Frédéric Fontang, who coaches Jiří Lehečka, and Michael Russell, who coaches Taylor Fritz, and Jamie Delgado, who coaches Grigor Dimitrov.
    — Matthew Futterman, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
  • The best form of flattery is imitation, and Robert Pattinson does an incredible impression of Chris Hansen for A24’s new movie, Primetime.
    — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 5 Sep. 2026
Definition of does
Verb
  • The high degree of ship and combat automation makes the boat with its comprehensive systems and equipment easy to control in all situations.
    — Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 7 Sep. 2026
  • The center makes the protection calls, and often, zone runs cut vertically toward the center.
    — Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 7 Sep. 2026
Definition of makes
Verb
  • The grapes are grown less than an hour north at its six-acre vineyard, which implements regenerative agriculture methods among other eco-conscious practices.
    — Abigail Bliss, Denver Post, 5 Sep. 2026
  • The new decree also implements other significant changes that had already been announced, including allowing the creation of private farming businesses, a restriction that has hindered food production on the island.
    — Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of implements

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“Prosecutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosecutes. Accessed 16 Sep. 2026.

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