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implement

[im-pluh-muhnt, im-pluh-ment, -muhnt] / ˈɪm plə mənt, ˈɪm pləˌmɛnt, -mənt /




Usage

What are other ways to say implement? An implement is any tool or contrivance designed or used for a particular purpose: agricultural implements. An instrument is anything used in doing a certain type of work or producing a certain result, especially such as requires delicacy, accuracy, or precision: surgical or musical instruments. A tool is a contrivance held in and worked by the hand, for assisting the work of (especially) mechanics or skilled laborers: a carpenter's tools. A utensil is especially an article for domestic use: kitchen utensils.

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Starting Jan. 1, 2027, Medicaid will also implement similar stricter work rules for more older adults.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 9, 2026

Recently, Councilmember Ysabel Jurado introduced a motion urging the commission to “refrain from entering into any new Memoranda of Understanding, Contracts, or other Agreements, or implement any pilot programs with Flock Safety or its affiliates.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 9, 2026

Some advocates have said that those two companies are best positioned to implement more systematic, age-based controls rather than specific, age-based content bans for individual apps.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

But if past is prologue, the courts won’t willingly implement reform.

From Slate • Jun. 8, 2026

You apply the problem to the place you implement it—the trapeze bar that lets you feel the way the physics equations work.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith




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