as in to fulfil
to carry through (as a process) to completion
the incoming university president is vowing to put through the sort of sweeping changes that will propel the school into the top tier academically
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Recent Examples of put through
Just up the block, in a courtroom on the fifteenth floor of the Manhattan Criminal Courthouse, this sentiment was about to be put through an extreme, absurd, test.
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Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
Nominees will be put through a comprehensive and rigorous process of researching and scoring across a wide range of quantitative and qualitative criteria, including scalability, revenue and user growth, and the use of breakthrough technology.
—Cnbc.com Staff, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
Coursing through it all is a four-note theme, of three notes rising and one plunging, which is put through variations of pummeling force, patient tenderness and synth-pop maximalism.
—Oussama Zahr, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Some 600 leaders were nominated, put through the assessment criteria, and judged by the Thinkers50 broader community members to land on the top 50.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 10 Jan. 2025
Nominees will be put through a comprehensive and rigorous process of researching and scoring across a wide range of quantitative and qualitative criteria, including scalability, revenue and user growth, and the use of breakthrough technology.
—Cnbc.com Staff, CNBC, 2 Jan. 2025
Coursing through it all is a four-note theme, of three notes rising and one plunging, which is put through variations of pummeling force, patient tenderness and synth-pop maximalism.
—Oussama Zahr, New York Times, 2 Jan. 2025
Some 600 leaders were nominated, put through the assessment criteria, and judged by the Thinkers50 broader community members to land on the top 50.
—Dan Pontefract, Forbes, 25 Nov. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for put through
Verb
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Wrestling in the state meet for the first time will fulfill a longtime dream for Kenney (35-7).—
Dave Melton,
Chicago Tribune,
18 Feb. 2025
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While not for everyone, this lifestyle allows some workers to fulfill their travel dreams.—
Kathleen Wong,
USA TODAY,
18 Feb. 2025
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Verbruggen performed well, becoming the youngest goalkeeper to play at the tournament for 60 years against Poland in the group stages en route to a 2-1 defeat by England in the semi-finals.—
Andy Naylor,
The Athletic,
15 Feb. 2025
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In 2013, the group was hired by Vladimir Putin to perform a pre-Valentine's Day concert as part of a campaign to boost the country's declining birthrate.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA TODAY,
15 Feb. 2025
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State police also executed a search warrant for Ivers’ medical records and blood samples.—
Staff report,
Hartford Courant,
8 Feb. 2025
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The group presented a paper as well as a comprehensive video, showing the robot executing six tasks in 'Expressive' and 'Functional' modes side by side for comparison.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
7 Feb. 2025
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While the need is dire, going vintage can achieve a brighter future.—
Grace Butler,
USA TODAY,
14 Feb. 2025
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China is targeting landing a pair of astronauts on the moon before 2030 and is already making progress on the various pieces of hardware needed to emulate a feat so far only achieved by the United States, such as the crew spacecraft, lander and a new launch vehicle.—
Andrew Jones,
Space.com,
14 Feb. 2025
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But descendants felt the admission was a first step; now, what would the Jesuits do about it?—
Marc Ramirez,
USA TODAY,
17 Feb. 2025
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What is clear is that the offseason is now over, spring training is underway and the Yankees have done nothing to replace Torres.—
Josh Hammer,
Newsweek,
17 Feb. 2025
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Pope jabs Vance, criticizes Trump admin for mass deportations Pope Francis denounced the Trump administration's plan to carry out mass deportations of migrants in a letter to U.S. bishops Tuesday, while appearing to take a direct jab at Vice President JD Vance.—
Dan Primack,
Axios,
11 Feb. 2025
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In Brannon’s case, authorities said, Mikos fraudulently billed Medicare for 85 surgeries on her feet that had not been carried out.—
Kori Rumore,
Chicago Tribune,
11 Feb. 2025
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In fiscal year 2023, the NIH funded $35 billion in research grants — about $9 billion of which would affected by the cuts The Trump administration has made drastic cuts to medical research that scientists say will endanger patients and will cost thousands of jobs, according to the Associated Press.—
Alexandra Kukulka,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Feb. 2025
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That made getting potential victims to talk to her a bit tricky.—
Kelly Phillips Erb,
Forbes,
14 Feb. 2025
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And Answers For Tuesday, February 18 Delta Flight Crashes In Toronto: 18 Passengers Injured, No Fatalities As Cause Of Incident Is Under Investigation Macfarlane Group has also gone through a successful turnaround and growth strategy under CEO Peter Atkinson.—
Jacob Wolinsky,
Forbes,
18 Feb. 2025
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Backblaze goes through massive amounts of hard drives backing up customers' data, and its report is worth reading.—
Scott Gilbertson,
WIRED,
18 Feb. 2025
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