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[per-fawrm] / pərˈfɔrm /




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That finding is important because mitochondria perform essential functions in nearly every cell, leading some scientists to question whether they can be safely targeted.

From Science Daily Sep. 17, 2026

The artist was slated to perform six South American shows in November and December.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 16, 2026

It is easy to look back and see that stocks of the highest dividend compounders have tended to perform well.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

They keep a perform rating but raise their price target to $48 from $40.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 15, 2026

He had a clown costume himself, and he would perform at children’s parties sometimes.

From "An Elephant in the Garden" by Michael Morpurgo

The metallic Ni observed after a reaction may simply form when nickel oxide is reduced by syngas at high temperatures, rather than representing the species that actually performs the catalysis.

From Science Daily Sep. 9, 2026

“A strong book would help stabilize the 30-year gilt sector,” she says, “But we would not read too much into demand unless the bond performs after pricing.”

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 8, 2026

"At the end it makes no sense thinking about it so much. The better he performs the better he will do in his career, for clubs or for England," he added.

From BBC Sep. 3, 2026

That’s assuming the stock market performs as it did on average following past occasions when the Federal Reserve began raising rates following a rate-cut cycle — so-called first hikes.

From MarketWatch Sep. 3, 2026

The brunette from earlier, Becky, is called to the stage and she performs Otis Redding’s “Try a Little Tenderness.”

From "They Both Die at the End" by Adam Silvera

In the first season, he and his cousin performed poorly.

From Slate Sep. 17, 2026

Sheeran, who performed at Kraft's 2022 wedding, said on Tuesday he was not responsible for Macklemore being removed as an opening act from the tour.

From BBC Sep. 17, 2026

Newmont has performed broadly in line with senior gold peers—excluding Barrick—since the deal, despite a significant improvement in visibility on cash returns and implied growth in gold equivalent ounces per share, the bank says.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 16, 2026

To look back at how stocks of companies that increased dividends significantly have performed over the past five years, we should start with a minimum yield.

From MarketWatch Sep. 16, 2026

It is possible that Washington was swayed by his experience with African American soldiers who had performed far beyond his expectations.

From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis

Gibbons said the information technology and energy sectors have proved to be the best performing on average one year after a rate rise.

From MarketWatch Sep. 17, 2026

This bears mentioning since Hargitay opened Monday’s Emmys telecast by performing “I Love TV Screens,” profaning Joan Jett’s “I Love Rock ‘N’ Roll” in doing so.

From Salon Sep. 15, 2026

They’ve long been claiming that their tools, engineered as hyperfast pattern-recognition machines, are not just performing computational mathematics but are actually “self-aware” and “conscious.”

From Slate Sep. 15, 2026

In the 2026 update, published Monday, it said AI is increasingly capable of performing tasks on behalf of humans, interacting with the physical world and engaging in deception.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 14, 2026

She moves gracefully, with the confidence of someone used to performing, which is completely unfair to everyone else in the room.

From "Amina's Song" by Hena Khan




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