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as in executes
to carry through (as a process) to completion
she performed the task quickly and expertly
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as in plays
to present a portrayal or performance of
has always dreamed of performing Hamlet on stage
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Recent Examples of performs
Filling a role with an external candidate who performs that role for another company today certainly remains a valid, viable hiring method.
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Maureen Cawley, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The net effect is a reduction in the effective cost basis of the stock by the amount of the premium, potentially enhancing overall returns if the stock performs moderately well.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Many methanotrophs are jam-packed with pMMO, which performs the first step of metabolizing the gas.
—Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
However, Google Research says VaultGemma performs similarly to non-private models of a similar size.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Today, SickKids performs more than half the pediatric transplants in Canada, including 75 percent of the nation's liver transplants, 60 percent of heart transplants and more than 50 percent of bone marrow transplants.
—Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Cece performs elegance, beauty, and perfection while sweating through excruciating pain, enduring enormous levels of judgement.
—Lauren Morrow
september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Podcast topics are selected with the help of AI, based on Google and social media trends, and then the team may launch five different versions of the show with different titles to see what performs the best.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
This grass is ideal as part of a larger perennial yard and performs well in full sun to partial shade, although partial sun is best.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
Maureen Cawley, Forbes.com, 16 Sep. 2025
The net effect is a reduction in the effective cost basis of the stock by the amount of the premium, potentially enhancing overall returns if the stock performs moderately well.
—Michael Khouw, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2025
Many methanotrophs are jam-packed with pMMO, which performs the first step of metabolizing the gas.
—Katherine Bourzac, Quanta Magazine, 15 Sep. 2025
However, Google Research says VaultGemma performs similarly to non-private models of a similar size.
—Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
Today, SickKids performs more than half the pediatric transplants in Canada, including 75 percent of the nation's liver transplants, 60 percent of heart transplants and more than 50 percent of bone marrow transplants.
—Katherine Fung, MSNBC Newsweek, 15 Sep. 2025
Cece performs elegance, beauty, and perfection while sweating through excruciating pain, enduring enormous levels of judgement.
—Lauren Morrow
september 9, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
Podcast topics are selected with the help of AI, based on Google and social media trends, and then the team may launch five different versions of the show with different titles to see what performs the best.
—Caitlin Huston, HollywoodReporter, 9 Sep. 2025
This grass is ideal as part of a larger perennial yard and performs well in full sun to partial shade, although partial sun is best.
—Andy Wilcox, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for performs
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Instead of suggesting steps, the system executes trades in real time, sets stop-loss orders, and updates allocations autonomously.—
Roomy Khan,
Forbes.com,
11 Sep. 2025
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But, like all technologies, each manufacturer executes it differently.—
Jamie L. LaReau,
USA Today,
26 Aug. 2025
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The order, which, again, acts like one blanket prescription, allows pharmacists and other healthcare professionals to look at FDA approval for vaccines and not ACIP recommendations.—
Mary Walrath-Holdridge,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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Now there’s the new Yummy Skin Liquid Blurring Balm Mattifying Setting Spray, a weightless setting spray that acts like a blurring and mattifying powder.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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In the film, Bajpayee plays the police officer while Jim Sarbh essays the role of the killer who goes by the fictional name Carl Bhojraj.—
Sweta Kaushal,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
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Soil moisture also plays a huge role, with the MSU Forestry Extension adding that ample precipitation is required for the most robust displays of color.—
Kyle Reiman,
ABC News,
16 Sep. 2025
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Technology works, but scaling it to a level that meaningfully impacts global emissions is an entirely different challenge.—
Peter Bendor-Samuel,
Forbes.com,
12 Sep. 2025
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Otherwise, the oil works as a specialized scalp treatment, too, or to provide nourishment during protective styling.—
Kiana Murden,
Vogue,
12 Sep. 2025
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Following directions from Morrow, Slightly (Adarsh Gourav) has been trying unsuccessfully to lure someone into the alien research lab, but at the end of the episode, Slightly finally accomplishes his mission.—
Christopher Rudolph,
PEOPLE,
10 Sep. 2025
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From the attacker’s perspective, this accomplishes two purposes.—
Jim Richberg,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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Billboard’s Friday Music Guide serves as a handy guide to this Friday’s most essential releases — the key music that everyone will be talking about today, and that will be dominating playlists this weekend and beyond.—
Jason Lipshutz,
Billboard,
12 Sep. 2025
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The local office of the OIJ in Quepos, which serves the central Pacific area of the country and is in the area where Miller Gardner died, told CNN on Friday that it was asked to expand its investigation into the case.—
Djenane Villanueva,
CNN Money,
12 Sep. 2025
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That list also includes a display at the National Museum of the American Latino that White House officials felt inaccurately portrays the Texas revolution as a defense of slavery, not a war of independence from Mexico.—
Trevor Hughes,
USA Today,
16 Sep. 2025
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Blythe Danner, who portrays De Niro's onscreen wife Dina in the films, will reprise her role in the new movie, as will Polo, 56.—
Tommy McArdle,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
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The company operates sprawling businesses across retail, cloud computing, advertising, and other areas.—
Annie Palmer,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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The Russian government operates about half of the 210 total facilities, the report found.—
Mike Brest,
The Washington Examiner,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Performs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/performs. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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