CARRIES THROUGH Synonyms: 74 Similar and Opposite Words

carries through

verb

present tense third-person singular of carry through

as in survives

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Tina Mesmer Griffith survives Tina leapt from the window and rolled to safety, breaking her shoulder in the fall.

— Andrew Coletti, Popular Science, 14 Oct. 2026
The pilot that dazzles and the agent that survives production are rarely the same thing.

— Expert Panel®, Forbes.com, 13 Oct. 2026

Definition of survives

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Sell Your Gold carries out that assessment as the potential buyer.

— Kaitlyn Gomez, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026
China sends military planes, as well as Coast Guard ships and other vessels towards Taiwan on a daily basis and carries out large-scale military exercises from time to time.

— ABC News, ABC News, 13 Aug. 2026

Definition of carries out

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Instead, silence frequently prevails on the air, if not on social media.

— Mike Sando, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2026
The site to which Shift is specific is not just the farm in King City but the field of historical preservation, where the conundrum of stasis versus passing time prevails.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of prevails

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Then, ceramides and niacinamide help reinforce the skin barrier so all that hydration sticks around for more than a couple of hours.

— Sheryl George, Allure, 5 Oct. 2026
Skies are expected to remain partly sunny Thursday as the chance of precipitation hits and sticks around through the night, NWS states.

— Grace Zokovitch, Boston Herald, 9 Aug. 2026

Definition of sticks around

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While Motor Decide helps identify the best motor technology pathway, Motor AI performs the detailed motor design work needed to bring those concepts to life, according to a press release.

— Prabhat Ranjan Mishra, Interesting Engineering, 15 Oct. 2026
Narges also performs the majority of her own stunts across the series.

— Denise Petski, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026

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