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
Florida prosecutes children as adults for serious crimes and sends juvenile offenders to adult prisons at higher rates than any other state.
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Jay Blitzman,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
Palm Beach County also has a state attorney who prosecutes cases for the entire county, including the Town of Palm Beach.
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Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
4 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.
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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.
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Eric Tucker,
Fortune,
19 Apr. 2026
The District Attorney’s Office already has an Economic Crimes and Consumer Protection division that prosecutes such cases.
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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.
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Ryan Lucas,
NPR,
2 Apr. 2026
As ProPublica’s Jesse Eisinger has observed in his book on the lack of accountability for corporate crimes, the Justice Department today prosecutes disproportionately few high-level white-collar criminals.
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Ganesh Sitaraman,
Time,
26 Mar. 2026
Critics have questioned the true purpose of the new division, given that the department already prosecutes fraud through its Criminal Division.
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Arkansas Online,
26 Feb. 2026
Jay Blitzman,
The Conversation,
8 June 2026
Palm Beach County also has a state attorney who prosecutes cases for the entire county, including the Town of Palm Beach.
—
Julie K. Brown,
Miami Herald,
4 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
As ProPublica’s Jesse Eisinger has observed in his book on the lack of accountability for corporate crimes, the Justice Department today prosecutes disproportionately few high-level white-collar criminals.
—
Ganesh Sitaraman,
Time,
26 Mar. 2026
Critics have questioned the true purpose of the new division, given that the department already prosecutes fraud through its Criminal Division.
—
Arkansas Online,
26 Feb. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosecutes
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When an agent executes a refund policy, a credit decision, an escalation rule—that is your operating model running in production.
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Director Wes Craven executes a masterclass in tension, shock, and subverting expectations.
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Singer Lashonta Worthy, who performs under the name Lizzen, brought original music to the stage, including songs centered on acceptance, unity and reconciliation.
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Anaplan’s cross-functional scenario-planning and analysis platform performs deterministic calculations.
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Decentralizing from the business frees you to focus on what fulfills your personal purpose, while making your business more attractive to buyers.
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Likewise, Svelta considers that the research process fulfills an important function.
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Once San Jose completes its purchase of the Knox-Goodrich building, the city intends to hold back in escrow $975,000 of the money the municipality is paying until Urban Catalyst accomplishes the development metrics regarding the 470 West San Carlos apartments, the staff documents show.
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This device accomplishes the feat by extracting two distinct, valuable chemical products from the energy of a single photon of light.
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The tabulations continue until a candidate achieves a majority of the total votes.
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While Ukraine now fields large numbers of small interceptor drones, and achieves around a 90% intercept rate against Russian Shaheds, there is no sign of equivalent interceptors in Moscow.
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Mark Thompson does the costume and scenic design, with lighting by Howard Harrison.
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The Pitt does this quite literally and very well.
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The nearby town of Dolores makes an excellent home base.
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Hodad’s is a third-generation small business, a San Diego treasure that makes a damn good burger.
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Instead, the bill implements a fundamental shift in Illinois’ regulatory environment and moves the state toward a more rigid rate-approval system similar to struggling insurance markets such as California.
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Economic resources only will flow to Iran if the country implements the terms of the deal, the official said.
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