carried out

verb

past tense of carry out
as in fulfilled
to carry through (as a process) to completion carried out the task efficiently and cheerfully

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Recent Examples of carried out Authorities carried out a temporary burial of about 100 victims on Saturday, officials said, as forensic teams struggled to cope. — ABC News, 30 Aug. 2026 This was followed by the creation of the Special Operations Executive (SOE) on July 22 to handle espionage and resistance agents, and the first raids were already being carried out. — David Szondy august 30, New Atlas, 30 Aug. 2026 Earlier this year, affiliates of al Qaeda and ​Islamic State both carried out attacks on the civilian airport and military airbase, contributing to initial suspicion that militants could have been behind the ​assault on the capital. — Reuters, NBC news, 29 Aug. 2026 On Saturday, the fire brigade and civil defense carried out inspections of buildings. — Barbie Latza Nadeau, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 While the target of the attack is certainly important (and terrifying), the most noteworthy aspect is that it was carried out with minimal human intervention and using AI tools anyone can access. — Alan Henry, PC Magazine, 28 Aug. 2026 Israel has carried out hundreds of airstrikes around Syria after the ouster of former President Bashar Assad in late 2024, mainly destroying army assets to keep them out of the hands of his successors. — Arkansas Online, 23 Aug. 2026 Professionally, Anne—who carried out an impressive 478 royal engagements in 2025—has already racked up more than 290 royal engagements, just by mid-August. — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 16 Aug. 2026 Data reviewed by The Times showed that, in the fourth quarter of 2025, four out of every five Inside Safe operations were carried out in places already visited by its outreach teams. — Los Angeles Times, 15 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for carried out
  1. fulfilled
  2. accomplished
  3. performed
  4. achieved
  5. executed
  6. did
  7. made
  8. carried off
Verb
  • This acquisition, expected to be fulfilled in several years, will provide crucial in-flight refueling capabilities, which Qatar currently lacks.
    — Paul Iddon, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Hutton said her charter authority board didn’t feel Bowman’s previous school board fulfilled its fiduciary responsibilities.
    — Carole Carlson, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of fulfilled
Verb
  • My favorite scare must have been accomplished with the person-doubling technology from The Prestige.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 26 Aug. 2026
  • Some come so quickly that there’s barely time to process how they were accomplished.
    — Dave Quinn, PEOPLE, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of accomplished
Verb
  • In July 2026, humanoid robots performed live laparoscopic gallbladder removals on a patient for the first time.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 30 Aug. 2026
  • By using drones to deliver fires, Russia can adhere to its traditional doctrine while replacing many of the roles previously performed by artillery and tanks.
    — Vikram Mittal, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of performed
Verb
  • While 56% of retail leaders are confident that agentic AI initiatives will deliver quantifiable outcomes within the next 12 months, only 17% say their organization has achieved widespread, sustained business value across the enterprise.
    — Jill Standish, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Beijing aims to transform the region into a high-altitude green energy powerhouse, with projects that include a $168 billion megadam, currently under construction, that could stretch the limits of what human engineering has achieved.
    — Simone McCarthy, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of achieved
Verb
  • According to the United Nations, executions have surged over the last six months, with at least 56 people executed on national security charges since mid-March — including 27 linked to protests earlier this year.
    — Greg Myre, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026
  • Code executed during that interruption altered the prediction machinery before the processor could use it.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of executed
Verb
  • Johnson’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday, nor did HUD officials.
    — Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2025
  • Wisconsin Republicans did the same last year, and similar efforts have been raised in other states.
    — Rob Picheta, CNN Money, 6 Aug. 2025
Definition of did
Verb
  • In the lawsuit, investors alleged they were led to believe that a groundbreaking Wondermind app would be made, advertising deals would be struck, and celebrity cover stories were already underway.
    — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Clinker is a dark gray, pebble-sized material made by heating limestone and clay in a kiln to about 2,642 degrees Fahrenheit (1,450 degrees Celsius).
    — Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 27 Aug. 2026
Definition of made
Verb
  • On the next day of the match, Australian wicketkeeper Bert Oldfield was hit on the head and suffered a fractured skull while facing Larwood (to a conventional field) and had to be carried off the field.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
  • An amateur game in Istanbul was halted earlier in 2026 when a seagull was struck by the ball mid-flight, prompting the home team’s captain to rush over and perform CPR on the bird before it was carried off the field for further care.
    — Moná Thomas, PEOPLE, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of carried off

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“Carried out.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/carried%20out. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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