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perform

[per-fawrm] / pərˈfɔrm /




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Instead, they generate abnormal blood cells that cannot perform these essential jobs.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

One is why anyone living a normal life needs a bot to perform such quotidian tasks as reading and writing emails, placing appointments on a calendar or calling a plumber.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 2, 2026

If you wrestle for a living, you’re faced with significant pressure to perform for as long as you can, through as many injuries as you can.

From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026

Dr Xand says there is "no need" for most people to perform lymphatic drainage treatments at home.

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

“Then we will perform ‘A Song of Peace’ together.”

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

Fidelity indicates how reliably a quantum system performs the intended task.

From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026

He still performs with the band he formed, The Mid Life Crisis.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

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

From Slate ● Sep. 23, 2026

These acrylic-based cabin windows are usually made out of two layers or plies, and Saint-Gobain also performs tests to confirm whether the window will survive even if one of those plies gets damaged.

From BBC ● Sep. 15, 2026

He found out that the returning bee performs a wonderful “waggle dance” that tells the others exactly where to go.

From "My Life with the Chimpanzees" by Jane Goodall

In a deposition, the provider said he hadn’t performed a similar procedure in more than a decade.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 3, 2026

To understand how that feature changes RNA's behavior, the researchers used temperature controlled microscopy, small angle X ray scattering and molecular dynamics simulations performed by the Joseph group.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026

Two years later, he performed it before 30,000 people on a beach in Karnataka.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

In 2006, she memorably performed as a kids’ birthday party entertainer—and bombed.

From Slate ● Oct. 2, 2026

A gleaming jet-black top-of-the-line Jaguar coupe performed a tread-melting illegal U-turn, much to the horror of the cab coming head-on.

From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda

His son, Altamash, began performing with him as a teenager but now works decorating parties with balloons.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Khan followed the same path, learning magic from his father and uncles and performing from the age of 12.

From BBC ● Oct. 2, 2026

Imaging the carotid and femoral arteries with ultrasound is easier, quicker and noninvasive compared with performing CT scans to examine the coronary arteries.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 1, 2026

To that end, Iñárritu wanted to transform the famously fit Cruise, who is still known for performing death defying stunts into his 60s, into “somebody that can be your uncle.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 1, 2026

God forbid that we falter or recoil from performing our solemn duty.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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