as in to enforce
to carry out effectively
implemented the evacuation plan without a hitch
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as in tool
an article intended for use in work
gardening implements such as hoes, spades, and pruners
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Recent Examples of implement
Nathan Pilling
updated July 11, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
The city implemented its program in 1997 amid a broader underfunding of the pension system, which eventually tanked the city’s credit rating, grew its deficit and led to resignations of top city officials and federal investigations.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Those implements have been digitally erased, a visual filmmaking practice now as common as the common cold.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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Verb
Cycling in Westport Westport’s entertainment district implemented security checkpoints and pedestrian-only streets on weekend evenings starting in 2018 in an attempt to deter late-night violent crime in the area.
—Nathan Pilling
updated July 11, Kansas City Star, 11 July 2025
The city implemented its program in 1997 amid a broader underfunding of the pension system, which eventually tanked the city’s credit rating, grew its deficit and led to resignations of top city officials and federal investigations.
—Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2025
Noun
Plowshare: an agricultural implement for turning soil, for gouging a cleft in the earth.
—Literary Hub, 11 June 2025
Those implements have been digitally erased, a visual filmmaking practice now as common as the common cold.
—Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for implement
Verb
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Therefore, Woodard argues, her player contracts can’t be enforced against her.—
Michael McCann,
Sportico.com,
7 July 2025
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This is a fairly typical maneuver for NORAD jets enforcing temporary restrictions in the airspace around where the president is.—
Adeola Adeosun
Ellie Cook,
MSNBC Newsweek,
6 July 2025
Noun
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And Marcus Wheatland, known as the doctor of the swells, was a medical practitioner and a pioneer of X-rays as a diagnostic tool.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
8 July 2025
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Amazon is dropping deals on tons of outdoor essentials, like string lights, gardening tools, and patio furniture.—
Clara McMahon,
People.com,
7 July 2025
Noun
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As the company has already done for decades, Apple would leave the messy internet mostly to others and focus instead on the device itself.—
Ian Bogost,
The Atlantic,
14 July 2025
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The shoes-off policy began in 2006 after an incident in 2001, when Richard Reid attempted to detonate an explosive device built into his shoes on a flight from Paris to Miami.—
Kansas City Star,
Kansas City Star,
14 July 2025
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“Implement.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/implement. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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