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perform

[per-fawrm] / pərˈfɔrm /




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On Saturday, Smith will perform at the historic Orpheum Theatre in downtown L.A.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

The tendency has been for stocks to perform better during periods of higher rates, which runs counter to the continual warnings to investors about rising rates.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

Punjabi singer Diljit Dosanjh, who collabed with Daddy Yankee on Pokito, even took a break from his Aura India tour for the set, making him the first Indian artist to perform at the Latin Grammys.

From BBC ● Nov. 13, 2026

In effect, the cells no longer maintained the biological program needed to perform their specialized repair duties.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

“Mina was freaked out about having to perform in front of the whole school,” said Joe.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon

Further experiments revealed how TRF2 performs this unexpected function.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

The electronic dance music pioneer will be 86 years old when he performs at the festival in April.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 11, 2026

In modern scientific usage, it describes something that performs a supporting function.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 5, 2026

The most telling bars are the ones in orange for “AI leads,” meaning it performs most of the R&D while a human supervises—the fifth of the six levels.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

In a showcase of shorter performances that afternoon, another high school performs a production number from Pippin.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

Earlier this year, she performed on “Saturday Night Live UK” and announced that she will headline the 20th anniversary celebration of London’s 20,000-capacity O2 arena.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026

Here’s a similar chart showing how stocks have performed during periods during which the federal-funds rate has been higher or lower than the current target range of 3.75% to 4%.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 13, 2026

The team also performed complementary experiments in Prague, where samples could be examined over longer periods outside the real-time imaging setup.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 13, 2026

Before his diagnosis, Biden’s last known prostate-cancer blood-screening test was performed in 2014, a spokeswoman for the former president said at the time.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

Accents are usually performed by making the accented note, or the beginning of the accented note, louder than the rest of the music.

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

Robert Frost toured the country performing an idealized version of himself to adulatory audiences.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 13, 2026

This suggests that their difficulties may involve not only performing calculations but also deciding how to approach a problem in the first place.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 12, 2026

I keep coming back to that distinction: Reis is still performing belonging.

From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 10, 2026

It was also right in the middle of his attempts to get Trump to lift export bans to China of some of the highest performing AI chips, specifically the H200.

From BBC ● Nov. 10, 2026

Only the ruffled hem of her dress and her white boots give any indication that she is the same girl who was performing in the same spot moments ago.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern


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