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implement

[im-pluh-muhnt, im-pluh-ment, -muhnt] / ˈɪm plə mənt, ˈɪm pləˌmɛnt, -mənt /




Usage

What are other ways to say implement? An implement is any tool or contrivance designed or used for a particular purpose: agricultural implements. An instrument is anything used in doing a certain type of work or producing a certain result, especially such as requires delicacy, accuracy, or precision: surgical or musical instruments. A tool is a contrivance held in and worked by the hand, for assisting the work of (especially) mechanics or skilled laborers: a carpenter's tools. A utensil is especially an article for domestic use: kitchen utensils.

Example Sentences

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“We have the staff to implement it. We have a sustainable business to be able to pull off what is going to be close to a half-million-dollar production to mount a new show.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 13, 2026

Central Command will implement a blockade at 10 a.m.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 13, 2026

"When the national government says, 'This is vital national interest', there are instruments to effectively implement that."

From BBC • Apr. 12, 2026

"It's up to policymakers to implement measures that we know are effective in combating obesity. This study provides further evidence that such measures are likely to have a positive impact on people's health."

From Science Daily • Apr. 11, 2026

Fuller based his work on the principle he had learned at Case Western, the belief that if conditions were to improve for poor people, they themselves would have to implement the necessary changes.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson




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