as in to fulfil
to carry through (as a process) to completion
carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully
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The deadly truck rampage, which authorities say was carried out by a man radicalized by ISIS, spurred fears of copycats and raised questions about how Trump’s isolationist tendencies will affect the war on terrorism.
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Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
The driver of the vehicle fled quickly after police tried to carry out a traffic stop on Sunset Avenue.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
This Startup Is Teaching Old Robots New Tricks–No Coding Required
Factories across the country rely on large, robotic arms to carry out a variety of tasks.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Kirillov was the chief of Russia's nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, and the reward was allegedly $100,000 and the opportunity to relocate to a European Union country in exchange for carrying out the killing.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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Alexis Simendinger, The Hill, 6 Jan. 2025
The driver of the vehicle fled quickly after police tried to carry out a traffic stop on Sunset Avenue.
—Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 6 Jan. 2025
This Startup Is Teaching Old Robots New Tricks–No Coding Required
Factories across the country rely on large, robotic arms to carry out a variety of tasks.
—Alex Knapp, Forbes, 20 Dec. 2024
Kirillov was the chief of Russia's nuclear, biological and chemical protection forces, and the reward was allegedly $100,000 and the opportunity to relocate to a European Union country in exchange for carrying out the killing.
—Benedict Cosgrove, Newsweek, 20 Dec. 2024
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The company can now fulfill customer orders from store locations, without the fulfillment center, Kohl's said.Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 11 Jan. 2025
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According to the release, the company in recent years has expanded its ability to fulfill customer orders directly from store locations.Gil Macias, People.com, 11 Jan. 2025
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Six other teams also performed worse at home than on the road, including two home teams this playoff weekend: the Baltimore Ravens (hosting the Pittsburgh Steelers on Saturday night) and the Houston Texans (hosting the Los Angeles Chargers to kick off the playoff slate).Michael Salfino, The Athletic, 10 Jan. 2025
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Legendary actor Harrison Ford eats there on his trips to Wichita when his maintenance performed on his plane, per a Wichita Eagle story.Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 10 Jan. 2025
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Beginning in utero, development is a complex series of events that leads to the ability to execute increasingly complex tasks and to control actions and behaviors.Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 15 Jan. 2025
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Over the course of two decades, Rita executed 169 transfers, averaging $2.5 million per year.Sean Keane, ABC News, 15 Jan. 2025
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The researchers found that the medaka males mated an average of 19 times per day, with some only achieving four and others up to 27 times.Tommy Tuberville, Newsweek, 9 Jan. 2025
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The track achieved the longest climb to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a solo male artist, taking 32 weeks to reach the summit in March 2024.Jessica Lynch, Billboard, 9 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement According to Amika Mota, who worked as a firefighter in California’s Chowchilla prison before her release in 2015, during major fires prisoners do a lot of preventive and protective work, like clearing brush or cutting gaps in the vegetation to slow the spread of flames.Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2025
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So our parents have no idea about one of the most important things their children are doing.Scott Roxborough, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Jan. 2025
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Effect of Technology on Hunting Opportunity The context for Idaho’s HAT working group is that as technology makes hunters more effective at killing animals, hunting opportunity diminishes.Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 10 Jan. 2025
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Ash trickled down from a gray sky and the smell of smoke lingered in the air Thursday as Angelenos made phone calls to loved ones.Angela Yang, NBC News, 10 Jan. 2025
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By the 15th minute of the opening day game against Bournemouth, the City Ground had to witness Danilo — normally the man with the most permanent smile in the Forest dressing room — being carried off in agony, after suffering a broken ankle.Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 30 Dec. 2024
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The latter was carried off the court by several security guards.Paulina Dedaj, Fox News, 20 Dec. 2024
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So, to pull off the Star Trek universal translator thing Meta’s interviewees dreamt about, the Seamless team started with sorting out the data scarcity problem.Ars Technica, Ars Technica, 15 Jan. 2025
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Without Alden noticing, Riber was able to smuggle a prop guitar onto the plane and work in secret codewords with the flight attendants to pull off the surprise proposal, SWNS said.Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 12 Jan. 2025
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“Carry out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carry%20out. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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