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perform

[per-fawrm] / pərˈfɔrm /




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Second, politicians have an incentive to perform to stay relevant.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 2026

An audiologist would perform advanced testing related to the inner ear.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 18, 2026

Citigroup found that bonds perform especially well when control of the government is split between the parties.

From MarketWatch 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

For my science project, I’m going to make a model of the moon’s surface and perform an experiment to infer how the moon’s impact craters were formed.

From "Shine!" by J.J. and Chris Grabenstein

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

The new metacrystal performs the sorting process on its own.

From Science Daily Aug. 8, 2026

On the page, punctuation performs its grammatical function, but in the mind of the reader it does more than that.

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

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

Jason Derulo also performed in St Petersburg and Moscow last year, and told fans he would return on his 2026 world tour.

From BBC Aug. 18, 2026

Essentials for a successful claim include geostamped, time-stamped and annotated “before, during and after” repair photos documenting damage, work performed, and completion, it adds.

From MarketWatch Aug. 18, 2026

Both vessels performed multiple shuttle runs before being hit.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 18, 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

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

"When you're performing, any 1% you can get, any confidence you can get, it makes a big difference," he says.

From BBC Aug. 14, 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

The TV musical The Cheetah Girls, about four girls in a band at a performing arts high school in New York City, had just come out.

From "Courage to Soar" by Simone Biles




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