perform
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They say communications tasks that take about 4,000 nanoseconds for an Nvidia Blackwell processor to perform can be done by Etched’s chips in 700 nanoseconds, thanks to the chip’s architecture and custom interconnections.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
All of these artists had one thing in common: They were billed to perform on the now-canceled inaugural L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
Concertgoers flooded social media with their bizarre conspiracy theories after seeing the star perform at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, claiming that the singer secretly hired a lookalike to take his place during the performance.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 18, 2026
"The ship can only perform as well as its crew," he says.
From BBC ● Aug. 18, 2026
Just as they had hoped, the sword-wielding thespians had scattered; presumably they had returned to the Drury Lane Theater to perform the second act of Pirates on Holiday.
From "The Hidden Gallery" by Maryrose Wood
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Thatcher performs as if this was the part she was born for, and it very well may be.
From Salon ● Aug. 17, 2026
The combination of high corrosion resistance and far lower material costs could make SS-H2 especially valuable if it performs reliably in commercial electrolyzers.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 11, 2026
It’s that my body sometimes performs similar, involuntarily reactions in both cases.
From Slate ● Aug. 10, 2026
“We’re not asking for the moon,” said Courtney Griffith, a 28-year-old who performs at Disney parades and shows, including “Fantasmic!”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2026
“You are such a jerk? Whoever told you that the whole world performs according to your instructions? That’s what started this whole mess—you trying to make poor Cap dance to your tune!”
From "Schooled" by Gordon Korman
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Both vessels performed multiple shuttle runs before being hit.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Backed by tech heavyweights like Meituan and venture-capital firm HSG, the startup captured national attention when its humanoid robots performed a folk dance during a Lunar New Year Gala broadcast last year.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 18, 2026
Hayden Panettiere, a two-time Golden Globe-nominated actor who had performed on screen since she was a toddler, died Sunday in Greenville, S.C.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
She performed this track at a singing competition at a rugby club, coming second and winning a £1 prize.
From BBC ● Aug. 17, 2026
He’d written a mediocre poem but had performed like a trained actor, which made his mediocre poem sound excellent.
From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith
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A closely related worry is that a crash may be imminent, given that the stock market has been performing so well and for so long.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 17, 2026
“They will always choose to move the goal posts instead of performing better.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 17, 2026
Jungkook added that he would have to manage his injury well in order to keep performing.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
The two met at dancing class, where Fava was one of Iannotta's pupils, and started performing outdoors regularly in the summer since, as Iannotta puts it, they both "hate sitting around at home".
From Barron's ● Aug. 13, 2026
By performing many transpositions on the same plaintext, and shuffling the columns, you can create a baffling message.
From "The Woman All Spies Fear" by Amy Butler Greenfield
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