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perform

[per-fawrm] / pərˈfɔrm /




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Bernstein cuts its recommendation on Eurofins stock to market perform from outperform, and trims its target price to 73.90 euros from 77.20 euros.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026

Even though only small quantities of blood were available, researchers were able to perform additional analyses and extract more scientific information from the existing studies.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 28, 2026

The spacecraft will be launched Monday on a suborbital trajectory and, if all systems are go, then perform a second burn to reach orbit.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

As a result, a surprising number of individual stocks are struggling, even as the biggest names with the most influence at the index level have continued to perform.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 27, 2026

As always, the best way to perform such notes depends on the instrument and the style of the music.

From "Understanding Basic Music Theory" by Catherine Schmidt-Jones and Russel Jones

Muse is meant as something different: a robot that performs tasks for you across the internet.

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

Styles' music played in the shops and staff wore ties to "dress up" like the artist, who often performs wearing the accessory.

From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026

The single came from an LP called “Mellow Gold,” but Beck—he generally performs under his first name only—released three LPs that year.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026

This method allows researchers to compare multiple therapies across many different trials and estimate how each one performs relative to the others.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 15, 2026

The man on the stage, a slick-haired, bearded fellow whose white gloves move like birds against the black of his suit, performs simple tricks and sleight-of-hand misdirections.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

Luis Binks defended well on his debut and Stephen Welsh came on after the red card and performed admirably again.

From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026

He occasionally performed with the group until retiring in 2021.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

The model performed poorly on tests measuring alignment, or how well the model adheres to what humans would like it to do.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

Smiling with her hair loose, the singer performed her 2002 hit before being joined by a star-studded cast of L'Oreal ambassadors including Viola Davis, Simone Ashley, Aja Naomi King and Eva Longoria.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

Their mechanics took a record player with them as they moved from base to base; one of them, Sonya Tishurova, organized a group who performed national dances from different states in the USSR.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein

The global star appeared in a stylish black-and-white video for the retail chain's part-time worker recruitment campaign and can be seen performing tasks typically set out for staff working at the franchise.

From Barron's ● Sep. 28, 2026

As Sergio García-Ríos, Univision’s director of polling, highlighted to me from his recent survey of Texas races, Hinojosa—despite being a Latina—wasn’t performing as well with Hispanic voters as the Democratic Senate candidate, James Talarico.

From Slate ● Sep. 28, 2026

Xi’s sartorial choice captured something about the relationship the two men had spent the day performing.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

Members of Mariachi Tierra Mia were performing at a Christmas party when an attendee requested that the group perform the 1984 Smiths track “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now.”

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2026

He couldn’t wait to see Subject One performing under pressure.

From "The Smartest Kid in the Universe" by Chris Grabenstein




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