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[per-fawrm] / pərˈfɔrm /




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Typically, investors want an IPO stock to perform well, rising in its initial trading, but not by too much.

From Barron's • Jun. 9, 2026

The driverless trucks perform best when they shuttle back and forth in repetitive trips—for instance, a 14-mile trip between a Gatorade bottling plant and storage facility.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 8, 2026

“I have a chance to help my country to perform at a World Cup. I’m lucky.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 7, 2026

That emphasis on patient choice is what motivated Kakaiya to develop a better way to train clinicians to perform paracervical blocks.

From Slate • Jun. 7, 2026

She may have been anxious to perform bravely and to prove herself both to her aviators and to her nation.

From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein




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