as in to fulfill
to carry through (as a process) to completion
carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully
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Recent Examples of carry out
Israel still avoided carrying out strikes on Hezbollah on Lebanese territory during this period.
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Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Jay Bhattacharya is director of the National Institutes of Health and senior official carrying out the delegable duties of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Jay Bhattacharya, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2026
Several of the recent missions were reportedly carried out using engines that had already been used before.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
Florida carried out 19 executions in 2025 This would be Florida's sixth execution so far this year, following a record 19 executions in 2025.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2026
Jay Bhattacharya is director of the National Institutes of Health and senior official carrying out the delegable duties of the director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
—Jay Bhattacharya, Washington Post, 30 Apr. 2026
Several of the recent missions were reportedly carried out using engines that had already been used before.
—Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 30 Apr. 2026
Florida carried out 19 executions in 2025 This would be Florida's sixth execution so far this year, following a record 19 executions in 2025.
—Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry out
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In Sirak’s view, the role is not simply to fulfill requests, but to understand the business logic behind them.—
Ethan Stone,
USA Today,
29 Apr. 2026
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Ehrenreich has since pursued a lower-profile career, though a fulfilling one, with memorable supporting performances in films like Oppenheimer, as a skeptical aide, and Weapons, as a mustachioed cop.—
Jackson McHenry,
Vulture,
29 Apr. 2026
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Aspen Wooten, a talented tennis prodigy who moved from Memphis to Lake Nona with her family as a ninth grader, had accomplished just about everything available in her four-year high school career — including winning more than 100 matches.—
Buddy Collings,
The Orlando Sentinel,
29 Apr. 2026
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Mantle and Berra accomplished the feat in 1956.—
Ryan Gaydos,
FOXNews.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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My plan was all an act, or more, an enactment of an act that would never be performed.—
Chang-rae Lee,
New Yorker,
3 May 2026
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After every race, his team analyzes a litany of granular data points, including which skis performed best on what kind of snow and which garments correlated with faster results.—
Justin Fenner,
Robb Report,
2 May 2026
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This is just what Sottsass and Haring tried to achieve.—
Glenn Adamson,
Artforum,
2 May 2026
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Blue Origin has a long way to go before achieving 100 New Glenn flights, and doing it within three years sounds overly optimistic.—
Stephen Clark,
ArsTechnica,
1 May 2026
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Arsenal’s short-corner routine against Newcastle was well planned and executed in creating the winner, but the other parts of it were important too.—
Ahmed Walid,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Another federal law enforcement official briefed on the probe told USA TODAY that the FBI executed a search warrant at a home linked to Allen in Torrance, a Los Angeles suburb.—
Christopher Cann,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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The governor’s comments underscored the limited power of the commission, which could not issue subpoenas, file charges or compel anyone to do anything.—
Olivia Olander,
Chicago Tribune,
1 May 2026
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The New York Knicks emphatically did so with a scoreline that should be reserved for horror movies.—
Dan Santaromita,
New York Times,
1 May 2026
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Where things have felt vague, clarity makes a noticeable difference.—
Tarot.com,
Hartford Courant,
28 Apr. 2026
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States can also make an independent decision not to allow the sale of a product in their state.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 Apr. 2026
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He was then carried off the pitch.—
Dan Kilpatrick,
New York Times,
27 Apr. 2026
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Agyemang was carried off on a stretcher while playing for Derby in the English second-tier, one tier below the Premier League.—
Ryan Morik,
FOXNews.com,
7 Apr. 2026
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“Carry out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carry%20out. Accessed 4 May. 2026.
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