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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
On August 30, 1972, John performed at the One to One benefit concert at Madison Square Garden — his only full-length show after leaving The Beatles.
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Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
To help Bacon get these abilities back, Keyoumars Ashkan, professor of neurosurgery, performed DBS on her, implanting electrodes in Bacon's brain and tracking her body’s reaction in real time.
—Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Dave Ball, the multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter who performed alongside Marc Almond in the influential synth-pop duo Soft Cell, died yesterday (October 22).
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2025
The dynamic duo previously performed the song together during Charli and Troye Sivan’s Sweat tour stop at New York’s Madison Square Garden last September, then again during Charli’s Coachella set in April.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025
Bad Bunny previously performed during Shakira's set at the 2020 Super Bowl.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
Google DeepMind's Gemini AI assistant performed worst of all, with researchers finding significant issues in 76% of responses, more than double the other assistants.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Actor Bill Murray performed as a singer and percussionist at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on October 22.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
The group also performed a 2018 concert at The O2 in London.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Matt Grobar, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
To help Bacon get these abilities back, Keyoumars Ashkan, professor of neurosurgery, performed DBS on her, implanting electrodes in Bacon's brain and tracking her body’s reaction in real time.
—Elmira Aliieva, NBC news, 23 Oct. 2025
Dave Ball, the multi-instrumentalist, producer, and songwriter who performed alongside Marc Almond in the influential synth-pop duo Soft Cell, died yesterday (October 22).
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 23 Oct. 2025
The dynamic duo previously performed the song together during Charli and Troye Sivan’s Sweat tour stop at New York’s Madison Square Garden last September, then again during Charli’s Coachella set in April.
—Gil Kaufman, Billboard, 23 Oct. 2025
Bad Bunny previously performed during Shakira's set at the 2020 Super Bowl.
—Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
Google DeepMind's Gemini AI assistant performed worst of all, with researchers finding significant issues in 76% of responses, more than double the other assistants.
—Beatrice Nolan, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
Actor Bill Murray performed as a singer and percussionist at Nashville's Ryman Auditorium on October 22.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 23 Oct. 2025
The group also performed a 2018 concert at The O2 in London.
—Edward Segarra, USA Today, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for performed
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Johnson reportedly regained control of the vehicle and attempted to flee again, but police executed a ramming technique, known as a tactical vehicle intervention, to disable the vehicle, the release says.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Oct. 2025
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In Comet, Brave also found that attackers can hide commands in images that are executed when a user takes a screenshot, while in Fellou—another agentic AI browser—simply navigating to a malicious web page can trigger the AI to follow harmful instructions.—
Beatrice Nolan,
Fortune,
23 Oct. 2025
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Alex Thomas has served as the Washington Correspondent for the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette since November 2022.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
29 Oct. 2025
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The clips allegedly showed Hanson urinating on food, spitting into containers, stomping on food items and rubbing them on his body before they were served to customers, per court documents and reporting by KCTV5, KMBC 9 and The Kansas City Star.—
Christina Coulter,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Tewes, who had played cruise director Julie McCoy, since the series debuted in 1977, returned for a handful of episodes in the dramedy's final two seasons in 1986 and 1987.—
Raechal Shewfelt,
Entertainment Weekly,
28 Oct. 2025
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This came to a head for one of the show's stars, Lauren Tewes, who played cruise director Julie McCoy.—
Angela Andaloro,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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Since Operation Nightingale began, the three agencies have worked on 24,757 square feet of the site and recovered nearly 5,000 of the plane’s artifacts.—
Charna Flam,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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But the real, urgent work ahead of them was to redeem the losses slavery had wrought.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
28 Oct. 2025
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Our starters weren’t as accomplished as this group.—
Bill Plunkett,
Oc Register,
23 Oct. 2025
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For Hargitay, the film has already accomplished its most integral mission.—
Alex Ross,
PEOPLE,
22 Oct. 2025
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Some major questions linger over whether DeSalvo acted alone or even committed all of the killings.—
Jane LaCroix,
PEOPLE,
27 Oct. 2025
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And there’s Ben’s mother Anne Meara, who wrote plays, acted in everything from TV sitcoms to Shakespeare in the Park productions, and always preferred her son’s more serious work to his broader, big-budget laugh riots.—
David Fear,
Rolling Stone,
27 Oct. 2025
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Flemyng stars as Steven Wyles, who is causing the team of Explosives Officer, or Expo, Lana Washington, portrayed by McClure, all sorts of headaches with his sinister vendetta.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
26 Oct. 2025
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This is the first time Cargill has been portrayed as a heel on WWE TV.—
Fernando Quiles Jr,
MSNBC Newsweek,
25 Oct. 2025
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Reports surfaced shortly after the tryouts suggesting that these three were expected to sign with WWE once their existing independent bookings were fulfilled.—
Andrew Ravens,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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These reports have attracted scrutiny from the courts, with a New Kent County Circuit Court judge appointing a special prosecutor on Wednesday to investigate whether Jones’s political work fulfilled his community service obligation.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
23 Oct. 2025
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“Performed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/performed. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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