as in to fulfil
to carry through (as a process) to completion
the incoming university president is vowing to put through the sort of sweeping changes that will propel the school into the top tier academically
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Recent Examples of put through
Atayde is also keen to give credit to his female co-star, Montes, who was also put through her paces in both the shooting and the preparation.
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Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
After being put through the wringer for much of the film's two-hour-plus runtime by the sadistic, supernatural Smile Entity, pop superstar Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) is losing her grip on reality.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
At the governor’s mansion, John was held down by three men, dragged unconscious to the bathroom and put through the motions of shooting himself.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 24 Nov. 2024
But watching other humans get put through the ringer is a whole different story.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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Liz Shackleton, Deadline, 18 Dec. 2024
After being put through the wringer for much of the film's two-hour-plus runtime by the sadistic, supernatural Smile Entity, pop superstar Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) is losing her grip on reality.
—Ew Staff, EW.com, 5 Dec. 2024
At the governor’s mansion, John was held down by three men, dragged unconscious to the bathroom and put through the motions of shooting himself.
—Charlie Mason, TVLine, 24 Nov. 2024
But watching other humans get put through the ringer is a whole different story.
—Matt Brennan, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2024
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The company can now fulfill customer orders from store locations, without the fulfillment center, Kohl's said.—
Mike Snider,
USA TODAY,
11 Jan. 2025
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According to the release, the company in recent years has expanded its ability to fulfill customer orders directly from store locations.—
Gil Macias,
People.com,
11 Jan. 2025
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Harfouch performed his Concerto for Peace in front of an audience that included archbishops, cultural dignitaries, and influential scholars from around the world.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
10 Jan. 2025
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With this capability, Schaeffler can perform returnable account matching with the help of machine learning models and automate the matching process by activating line-item matching.—
Forbes,
Forbes,
10 Jan. 2025
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Beginning in utero, development is a complex series of events that leads to the ability to execute increasingly complex tasks and to control actions and behaviors.—
Chris Gallagher,
USA TODAY,
15 Jan. 2025
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Over the course of two decades, Rita executed 169 transfers, averaging $2.5 million per year.—
Sean Keane,
ABC News,
15 Jan. 2025
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The researchers found that the medaka males mated an average of 19 times per day, with some only achieving four and others up to 27 times.—
Tommy Tuberville,
Newsweek,
9 Jan. 2025
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The track achieved the longest climb to No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 for a solo male artist, taking 32 weeks to reach the summit in March 2024.—
Jessica Lynch,
Billboard,
9 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement According to Amika Mota, who worked as a firefighter in California’s Chowchilla prison before her release in 2015, during major fires prisoners do a lot of preventive and protective work, like clearing brush or cutting gaps in the vegetation to slow the spread of flames.—
Keri Blakinger,
Los Angeles Times,
12 Jan. 2025
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So our parents have no idea about one of the most important things their children are doing.—
Scott Roxborough,
The Hollywood Reporter,
11 Jan. 2025
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According to the Journal, between 100 and 200 officers would be there to carry out the operation, which was expected to begin Tuesday morning and last all week.—
Sarah Fortinsky,
The Hill,
19 Jan. 2025
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With resuming office, preparations are already underway from the incoming administration to carry out Trump's immigration agenda.—
David Faris,
Newsweek,
19 Jan. 2025
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Effect of Technology on Hunting Opportunity The context for Idaho’s HAT working group is that as technology makes hunters more effective at killing animals, hunting opportunity diminishes.—
Andrew McKean,
Outdoor Life,
10 Jan. 2025
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Ash trickled down from a gray sky and the smell of smoke lingered in the air Thursday as Angelenos made phone calls to loved ones.—
Angela Yang,
NBC News,
10 Jan. 2025
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At Burke’s sentencing, his lawyer went through piles of letters extolling the alderman’s generosity and willingness to perform services without seeking credit or asking anything in return.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Jan. 2025
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The winners will then go through to compete in UEFA’s third-tier competition the following season.—
Richard Sutcliffe,
The Athletic,
13 Jan. 2025
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