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Example Sentences
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The project’s cost skyrocketed when plumbers had to perform an expensive workaround to bypass the concrete.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 5, 2026
"Disappointed I couldn't perform today for whatever reason," added Trump.
From BBC • Apr. 5, 2026
Instead, extremely thin layers can perform the same function, and in some cases even better.
From Science Daily • Apr. 5, 2026
On the flip-side, Microsoft would not compete with OpenAI to build the ultimate goal of AI researchers: machines that can perform knowledge work better than any person, also called superintelligence.
From Barron's • Apr. 4, 2026
Bliss asked Surgeon General of the Navy Philip Wales to perform the exam.
From "Ambushed!" by Gail Jarrow
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.