perform
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They say communications tasks that take about 4,000 nanoseconds for an Nvidia Blackwell processor to perform can be done by Etched’s chips in 700 nanoseconds, thanks to the chip’s architecture and custom interconnections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Concertgoers flooded social media with their bizarre conspiracy theories after seeing the star perform at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, claiming that the singer secretly hired a lookalike to take his place during the performance.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
They also wanted to see some of their favorite K-pop boy bands perform.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
"So this means that often obstructions are put in place, like having the availability of an operating theatre in which you can perform the procedures, or availability of support staff."
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
At seven, she began playing the trombone, and when she was grown, she played jazz in bands that had never allowed a woman trombonist to perform with them before.
From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari
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Jake Slaughter performs well in his first audition for the Chargers’ starting left-tackle role and the Mike McDaniel-guided running game puts on a show.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Outside, Alicante performs the same trick on a larger scale.
From Salon ● Aug. 11, 2026
It’s that my body sometimes performs similar, involuntarily reactions in both cases.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
Despite being only a fraction of a nanometer thick, the engineered interface performs two important jobs.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 9, 2026
“We can only do a few shows a night, and all we need are the kittens and hoops and strings and things. Anyone who doesn’t really need a tent performs wherever there’s room.”
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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While the hearing-implant maker’s FY 2026 revenue was broadly in line with consensus, Wong-Pan points out that the Australian company’s implants and services units both performed more strongly than analysts had expected.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Neither signing performed as hoped though, and Newcastle endured a disappointing season.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Both vessels performed multiple shuttle runs before being hit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
A DJ performed from a podium adorned with pink disco balls, brands gave away protein drinks and powders and people competed in a pull-up-bar-hanging competition.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
She rose on tiptoe and performed a single, wobbly pirouette.
From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood
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A closely related worry is that a crash may be imminent, given that the stock market has been performing so well and for so long.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
“They will always choose to move the goal posts instead of performing better.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
It specifically raised concerns that "no department within NHSGGC" was performing checks on wiring and earth bonding for electrical equipment.
From BBC ● Aug. 16, 2026
The two met at dancing class, where Fava was one of Iannotta's pupils, and started performing outdoors regularly in the summer since, as Iannotta puts it, they both "hate sitting around at home".
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
They also believed camp life fostered a sense of camaraderie among young people from all classes, since rich and poor alike lived side by side, performing the same manual labor and sharing rations.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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