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perform

[per-fawrm] / pərˈfɔrm /




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Yet the wings that carry it across vast distances must also perform a very different task: helping the bird catch insects while flying slowly and making sharp turns.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

But every time I wake my phone to perform one of these little tasks, I’m also opening the door to everything else it contains: emails, notifications, messages I wasn’t planning to answer over lunch.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

Microsoft sells applications and cloud services, giving it opportunities to design infrastructure around work its customers already perform.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

It is unclear when Billy Joel will perform again.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 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

A chip that performs well on selected tasks is useful, but its negotiating value depends on how much spending Microsoft can realistically redirect.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 16, 2026

According to Meta, the new model performs better than OpenAI’s Astra and Anthropic’s Fable in tests.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 12, 2026

Further studies will be needed to determine how well it performs across different populations, eating patterns, and microbiome compositions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

“DJing’s not about playing wicked records. It’s about playing wicked records on a system,” said Sam Shepherd, who performs under the name Floating Points.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 7, 2026

Starry only performs Rabindra Sangeet when Baba asks, though.

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins

Seasonal factors have been headwinds to the market since this past May Day, and yet the stock market has nevertheless performed quite well.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 19, 2026

At first glance, Trent performed as Fox producers no doubt hoped he might.

From Salon ● Oct. 19, 2026

The sleek white sports car drove upside down, thrust itself into the air and performed a flip over a lineup of other Tesla vehicles.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

Turkish pop star Tarkan previously performed at Wembley Arena in 2008.

From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2026

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

From "The Long-Lost Home" by Maryrose Wood

The problem is that the training of robots is overly reliant on lab data, instead of data based on observation of people performing tasks in the real world, he said.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026

How could a team with a seemingly good coach and a strong squad of players be performing like a pub team?

From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026

So they have to test me further to see if I can go back and do performing again, which I would like to be able to do,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 16, 2026

Laboratory experiments confirmed that the newly discovered enzyme was capable of performing both types of chemical reactions.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 16, 2026

“The truth is, we don’t know much about him nowadays. Not where he’s living, where his band is performing, or why he hasn’t called or come home in almost a year.”

From "Summer of the Mariposas" by Guadalupe García McCall


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