CARRY THROUGH Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

carry through

verb

Definition of carry through

as in to survive

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as in to carry out

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Recent Examples of carry through Both Iran and the United States have incentives to carry through a final agreement, National Public Radio said. — Don Sweeney, Sacbee.com, 15 June 2026 That has left the Canadian government to offer up another $600 million in annual tax payer support for Canadian film and TV production rather than carry through on plans to get American media players to foot the bill, at least for now. — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 15 June 2026 Cummings believes the momentum will carry through the entire season. — Marvin Hurst, CBS News, 11 June 2026 In Wonderland theme that started in the opening episode of Season 5, when Maggie, Helen and Dana Sue visited the eponymous statue in Central Park, and carried through the entire season. — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for carry through

Recent Examples of Synonyms for carry through

Verb

Mia Bieniemy, 57, survived the shooting after she was hospitalized for serious injuries.

— David Zimmermann, The Washington Examiner, 31 July 2026
The girl was flown to Helen DeVos Children's Hospital in Grand Rapids and is expected to survive, police said.

— Joseph Buczek, CBS News, 31 July 2026

Definition of survive

Verb

Defense Minister Nikos Dendias said the system is expected to become fully operational within 35 months, with at least 25 percent of production to be carried out by Greek industry.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026
The project was carried out by a collaborative team of 25, more than half of them Kenyan.

— Raul Roman, NPR, 25 July 2026

Definition of carry out

Verb

Heat may stick around Heat might persist into the last week of July.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2026
The drop-off was modest compared with France’s, suggesting British viewers were a little more willing to stick around once their own team had exited.

— Elsa Keslassy, Variety, 20 July 2026

Definition of stick around

Verb

And the prevailing feeling among some at WBD clearly is a hope that the state attorneys general lawsuit will gum up the works long enough to cause the deal to fall apart.

— Todd Spangler, Variety, 27 July 2026
Despite the doomerism that has prevailed in recent years, Altman embraces the development of superintelligent AI as a positive thing.

— Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 27 July 2026

Definition of prevail

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