PROSECUTING Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

prosecuting

verb

present participle of prosecute

as in executing

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 prosecuting What the attorney general job entails The attorney general acts as Rhode Island’s top law enforcement officer, overseeing more than 250 staffers prosecuting felony cases and defending state agencies against civil lawsuits. — Katie Mulvaney, The Providence Journal, 10 Sep. 2026 So far, New Mexico is the only state that pushed the case toward a trial as part of its go-it-alone approach to prosecuting Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram. — Mikella Schuettler, ABC News, 9 Sep. 2026 Johnson has repeatedly spoken out about how Missouri’s gun laws have hampered prosecuting the case, after two of the men charged in the shooting received plea agreements. — Jack Harvel, Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2026 Spitzer is now prosecuting parents for e-motorcycle deaths caused by their teenagers. — Ryanne Mena, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2026 Following one incident with the actor, he was charged with seven felony counts, including assault, injuring a girlfriend and dissuading a witness from prosecuting a crime. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026 Nathan Hochman has faced criticism from Mayor Karen Bass and others for prosecuting an officer who attempted to report misconduct. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026 Jane Rosenberg | Reuters A spokeswoman for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, whose office is prosecuting Mangione in state court, said in a statement the office would fight the effort to dismiss the case. — Dan Mangan, CNBC, 14 Aug. 2026 But a spokesperson for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg, who is prosecuting the state case, said his office plans to continue its work and fight any challenges in court. — Mark Osborne, CBS News, 14 Aug. 2026

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Her expertise lies in creating and executing marketing campaigns and events for Sacramento’s Latino community.

— Veronica Fernandez-Alvarado, Sacbee.com, 11 Sep. 2026
Mohammed confessed to planning and executing the attacks while imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay.

— Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 10 Sep. 2026

Definition of executing

Verb

At scale, those infrastructure inefficiencies can multiply with thousands of agents performing millions of tasks per day.

— Nicola Sfondrini, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
In posts celebrating his return from the moon and recent career shift, Glover can be seen performing dance routines with his family — but don't bother refreshing your feed to load more any time soon.

— Josh Dinner, Space.com, 15 Sep. 2026

Definition of performing

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By gradually accomplishing a de-facto annexation of the West Bank, the settlements would require Israeli Jews either to rule over a resentful non-Jewish population of about equal size or to surrender the Jewish identity of their state.

— David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2026
The three-time Olympic gold medalist celebrated accomplishing the feat, though there was a small caveat.

— Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 21 Aug. 2026

Definition of accomplishing

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The joint statement said Namibia had surpassed UNAIDS targets by achieving a target of 96% of people living with HIV knowing their status, 98% of those diagnosed receiving treatment, and 98% of those treated having achieved viral suppression.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026
An upset victory in Alaska for Democrats would be a massive step toward achieving that goal.

— Joey Garrison, USA Today, 3 Sep. 2026

Definition of achieving

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CreativeFuture, the nonprofit advocating for creative copyright protections, was doing their own work, as were representatives from the TV Academy.

— Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 17 Sep. 2026
So the idea is that a particle has definite properties independent of what distant particles are doing.

— Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of doing

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Those rumors haven’t gone unnoticed, with Bronwyn leaning into them by making a scissoring motion with her hands — but all in jest!

— Tom Smyth, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2026
There are vegan options here, but the place is known for grinding their own ground beef on the daily and making their own mayonnaise.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of making

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Charlotte Water is, however, monitoring national trends around separate data-center rates and could consider implementing a separate rate category in the future.

— Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 4 Sep. 2026
The judge also found that implementing the rule so close to the election could cause significant disruptions.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 4 Sep. 2026