prosecutes

verb

present tense third-person singular of prosecute
as in executes
to carry through (as a process) to completion the neurologists plan to prosecute their research for as long as funding remains available

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Recent Examples of prosecutes Allison Lyman, whose 23-year-old son Connor Lopez was killed in April 2025 when a driver turned her SUV left in front of his motorcycle on Sheldon Road in Elk Grove, is campaigning to change how California prosecutes fatal crashes. — Ruyuan Li. Story Produced With Ai Assistance, Sacbee.com, 7 Aug. 2026 The Israeli army often announces investigations into violence against Palestinians but rarely makes arrests or prosecutes settlers involved in violence. — Melanie Lidman, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2026 Florida prosecutes children as adults for serious crimes and sends juvenile offenders to adult prisons at higher rates than any other state. — Jay Blitzman, The Conversation, 8 June 2026 Palm Beach County also has a state attorney who prosecutes cases for the entire county, including the Town of Palm Beach. — Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 4 June 2026 The race will determine who oversees one of the nation’s largest municipal law offices, which provides legal advice to city officials, represents Los Angeles in litigation and prosecutes misdemeanor charges committed within city limits. — Teresa Liu, Daily News, 3 June 2026 The number of lawyers in the Criminal Division’s Violent Crime and Racketeering Section, which prosecutes organized crime groups and violent gangs, is down significantly, though the section is looking to hire additional attorneys. — Eric Tucker, Fortune, 19 Apr. 2026 The District Attorney’s Office already has an Economic Crimes and Consumer Protection division that prosecutes such cases. — Adam Summers, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Apr. 2026 The elite section that prosecutes public corruption was gutted; the Civil Rights Division, which protects the Constitutional rights of all Americans, experienced a mass exodus of career attorneys who say the division is being turned into an enforcement arm of the White House. — Ryan Lucas, NPR, 2 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosecutes
  1. executes
  2. performs
  3. fulfills
  4. accomplishes
  5. achieves
  6. does
  7. makes
  8. implements
Verb
  • In moderate traffic conditions, BlueCruise executes all of the above smoothly and predictably without requiring driver input.
    — Brooke Crothers, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
  • Assume, further, that management executes well and that the efficiencies are real.
    — Joseph M. Singer, HollywoodReporter, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of executes
Verb
  • The reigning troupe, Rocky Horror in Abundance, currently performs at Avenue 912 at 202 West Ridge Road in Griffith.
    — Anna Ortiz, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2026
  • When applied to reactor exhaust lines, the device performs a task called differential pumping.
    — Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of performs
Verb
  • With Blue in the Face, Koy fulfills a two-special Netflix deal inked in 2023.
    — Matt Grobar, Deadline, 19 Aug. 2026
  • In the town of Paradise, Montana, a historic hot springs resort quietly fulfills the promise of the town’s idyllic name.
    — Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 12 Aug. 2026
Definition of fulfills
Verb
  • But when a defendant has already demonstrated months or years of compliance, courts should at least ask whether immediate custody accomplishes anything that voluntary surrender would not.
    — Walter Pavlo, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2026
  • Donating, as many do, to check a box or as a reputation-building exercise accomplishes very little.
    — James Chen, Fortune, 9 Aug. 2026
Definition of accomplishes
Verb
  • The 2026 Sonata achieves 28 miles per gallon in the city and 38 miles per gallon on the highway.
    — Charles Singh, USA Today, 25 Aug. 2026
  • In our experience, if a story achieves longevity, the numbers and the recognition tend to follow on their own.
    — Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 21 Aug. 2026
Definition of achieves
Verb
  • Here below, France’s own long-drink-of-water goalie Robin Risser does his best Beckham follow-on act with a stately Louis Vuitton carry-all with their trademark leather trim at the stress points.
    — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 29 Aug. 2026
  • Fazio wants a bell-to-bell ban on cellphones in schools; so does Lamont.
    — Theo Peck-Suzuki, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026
Definition of does
Verb
  • However, some of them could just be holding roster spots until Dallas makes some other moves in the next 24 hours.
    — Jon Machota, New York Times, 31 Aug. 2026
  • And that makes a lot of sense – recognizing that biology and human-made technologies are not mutually exclusive.
    — John Werner, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Definition of makes
Verb
  • The new hall opened just in time to absorb a boost in freshman housing demand as the school implements its new on-campus living requirement.
    — Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 27 Aug. 2026
  • Eco effort To protect the pristine natural habitat, Jumeirah Olhahali implements successful conservation projects and educates guests on their role in the preservation efforts.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of implements

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“Prosecutes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosecutes. Accessed 2 Sep. 2026.

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