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as in executed
to carry through (as a process) to completion
she performed the task quickly and expertly
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as in served
to have a certain purpose
the kidneys perform as a filtering system for the blood
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as in played
to present a portrayal or performance of
has always dreamed of performing Hamlet on stage
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Recent Examples of performed
For example, Medicare reimburses $1,375 for a colonoscopy performed in a hospital outpatient department — and $862 for one performed in an independent ambulatory surgery center.
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Tomas J. Philipson, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
The officers performed lifesaving measures until EMS arrived at the scene.
—Staff Report, Hartford Courant, 9 Jan. 2026
The banjoist has performed at the venue multiple times throughout his career.
—Audrey Gibbs, USA Today, 9 Jan. 2026
Medical staff responded while deputies performed CPR, the sheriff's office said.
—Carlos E. Castañeda, CBS News, 9 Jan. 2026
Shortly after, viewers see chest compressions being performed on Jo as Link (Chris Carmack) prays in a church surrounded by candles.
—Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
Mars last performed in Chicago in 2018 as part of Lollapalooza in Grant Park.
—Doug George, Chicago Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
That was when the practice began of parents withholding food from children who performed badly on their pre-exams as an incentive to study harder.
—George Packer, The Atlantic, 6 Nov. 2025
Lee performed two new songs early on during the set, both of which carried the hazy radio-skipping nostalgia of Diamond Jubilee.
—Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 6 Nov. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for performed
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McKee said police also executed search warrants before the couple was arrested.—
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Now, Braddy's case is back in court, with a jury once again weighing whether he should be executed.—
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Miami's Mario Cristobal served several roles at Alabama from assistant head coach to recruiting coordinator while being part of the 2015 championship that also included Lanning as a grad assistant.—
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Warren arrived at Boise State in 2022 and spent four seasons with the Broncos, having previously served as the head coach of the Big Sky’s Southern Utah for six seasons.—
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England only played one warm-up match before the series, against an England Lions team, while McCullum’s attack-minded philosophy has also been questioned amid a number of hapless dismissals during the series.—
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After coming out of the game briefly three times in the first half, which ended with Boise State trailing 50-29, Meadow played all 20 minutes of the second half and the entirety of the three five-minute OT periods.—
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Dumas has worked for Valero for four years but just moved to the Benicia location from Arizona a year ago, just a few months before the energy company announced a possible plan to cease or idle operations.—
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Steve Sarkisian worked for Saban twice at Alabama.—
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Some design work has been accomplished.—
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His visibility allows the regime to portray protesters as tools of foreign powers and the discredited monarchy—precisely what Pahlavi’s meeting with Benjamin Netanyahu accomplished in 2023.—
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Ohio's state House passed the Charlie Kirk American Heritage Act in late 2025, but has not been acted on in the state Senate.—
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Authorities acted swiftly, issuing an urgent public alert and launching a search in the woods near her home.—
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The first adaptation of author Mary Shelley's classic 1818 novel came in 1931, when Boris Karloff portrayed the monster in Frankenstein.—
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On the big screen, Harford cared for Sandra Dee’s Rosalie Stocker in The Wild and the Innocent (1959) and portrayed the opportunistic older sister of Natalie Wood’s unstable title character in Inside Daisy Clover (1965), the melodrama directed by Robert Mulligan.—
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Unlike more public figures of the regime, Martín operated largely behind the scenes, embodying the financial-intelligence nexus that helped sustain the regime amid sanctions and economic collapse.—
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Roland Busch, President and CEO of Siemens AG, described the effort as a shift in how physical systems are designed and operated.—
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“Performed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/performed. Accessed 13 Jan. 2026.
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