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perform

[per-fawrm] / pərˈfɔrm /




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In particular, the company sees opportunity to grow in the premium, science-led vitamins, minerals and supplements space, where its brands like Solgar and Pure Encapsulations continue to perform strongly, Chief Executive Philipp Navratil said.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Sophie, Rachel and Sara flew in from the Netherlands to perform in the long-running Mangrove Mas band.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

The first theory traces back to the same underlying factor that causes the stock market to perform poorly in September: a big uptick in seasonal affective disorder.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

RNA acts as an intermediary between the genetic code stored in DNA and the proteins that perform most of a cell's work.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

I can’t even move to perform an illusion.

From "Amari and the Night Brothers" by B.B. Alston

As Don Omar sings, the darbuka drum prominently plays in the song; when Hakim performs, he does so over a thumping dembow beat.

From Los Angeles Times Sep. 1, 2026

The higher price lifts Canada’s major oil producers, with Vermilion Energy, Athabasca Oil, Strathcona Resources, Suncor and Cenovus among the top performs, rising 3.5%, 2.4%, 1.7%, 2.6% and 2.6%, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal Sep. 1, 2026

Baur’s second theory was that gold performs well in September because of increased jewelry sales in anticipation of Diwali, the annual Hindu festival of lights.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

The artist, whose real name is Pascal Robinson-Foster, performs as one half of the duo Bob Vylan.

From BBC Aug. 27, 2026

Another boy performs a cut from a Paul Rudnick play that is dead-on hilarious, but marred just a bit by one mispronounced cultural reference.

From "Drama High" by Michael Sokolove

But the 32-year-old has performed magnificently in them.

From BBC Aug. 31, 2026

There were nearly 15 hospital staffers there for the C-section, which the family asked to be performed on the father’s birthday.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

So far during the third quarter, the software industry group has performed very well, with a 28.4% gain.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

To understand why the effect occurs, the researchers performed detailed first-principles calculations.

From Science Daily Aug. 31, 2026

Alf explained her question to the others, who performed their answer as a charade.

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

He postponed several tour dates, saying he was “heartbroken to postpone these two shows and cannot wait to be back performing for his fans.”

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 31, 2026

Growth has been swift: In March, OpenAI said the ad program had reached $100 million in annualized revenue, which companies use to project a full year’s performance based on how something is currently performing.

From MarketWatch Aug. 31, 2026

The pop star has since returned to performing with a small run of shows in the UK, starting with a London gig in March.

From BBC Aug. 30, 2026

Effective logical error rates were 10 times lower than the underlying physical error rates, allowing the circuit to maintain unusually high fidelity even while performing a large number of quantum operations.

From Science Daily Aug. 30, 2026

Even the vice minister of justice insisted on performing, and his was the best voice of all.

From "Mountains Beyond Mountains" by Tracy Kidder and Michael French




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