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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.

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Before Cornell could implement many of those changes, the campus would be rocked again in October 2019.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The UK will also reaffirm its plans to fully implement a maritime services ban on Russian LNG exports.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

That is why Justice Secretary Alex Norris says there is a "prison capacity crisis" which means the government has to implement the latest early release scheme.

From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2026

Instead Attal prepared to exercise his regulatory powers again, lining up about 10 billion euros in additional cuts that he had yet to implement as voters went to the polls in June.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 6, 2026

“Build a shorter implement shed over the old brickyard, and leave Effie Wilcox’s house be.”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck

Legendary US designer Ralph Lauren on Wednesday kicked off New York Fashion Week with his namesake brand's Spring/Summer 2027 collection, as the industry showcase implements its first full ban on fur on the runway.

From Barron's ● Sep. 10, 2026

Rising diesel prices tend to be more inflationary than those for gasoline since it is burned by trucks, trains, construction equipment and farming implements, lifting the cost of producing and shipping all manner of goods.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 3, 2026

The coach implements tactics based on the positions of players in the hope of giving their team an advantage.

From BBC ● Aug. 14, 2026

Rather than serving as a heavy hammer, it functioned as a softer striking tool used to repair and sharpen stone handaxes and other cutting implements after their edges became worn.

From Science Daily ● Jul. 27, 2026

Unsurprisingly, people with stone implements wanted metal tools as soon as they encountered them—the prospective reduction in workload was staggering.

From "1491" by Charles C. Mann

“We have implemented additional safeguards, including enhanced monitoring, strengthened access controls and further third-party review of our security practices,” Betaneli added.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

The story soon circulated around Porsche’s headquarters, and through word-of-mouth staffers came to believe the new boss had implemented a formal dress code.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The bodega and ration book system was implemented by late revolutionary leader Fidel Castro in 1963, after the United States placed the island under embargo.

From Barron's ● Oct. 9, 2026

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar said the country had implemented measures announced on 8 September in response to UK sanctions.

From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026

It was clearly implemented to prevent Byzantine grabs at power; but where power is concerned there are always those who find ways to grasp for it.

From "Scythe" by Neal Shusterman

On Wednesday, prosecutors from eight US states also sued ChatGPT-maker OpenAI, a rival AI lab that could go public next year, for allegedly concealing certain risks and implementing inadequate safeguards.

From Barron's ● Oct. 15, 2026

Hayes’s fund is implementing AI and it’s increasing productivity, but he is running open-weight models internally.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 15, 2026

ESA is responsible for developing and implementing the Sentinel-3 satellites and operating them through the commissioning period.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 12, 2026

"There have been challenges," he said, "but now the government is really trying hard to consolidate the youth. The government is implementing programmes that will really uplift their lives."

From BBC ● Oct. 1, 2026

For one thing, I really haven’t slept since implementing the Game Plan.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone


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