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perform

[per-fawrm] / pərˈfɔrm /




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Like their hero, the only masculine strength they seem interested in is the kind performed for cameras, far away from real-world challenges that might easily defeat their self-image as the mightiest of men.

From Salon

“I always tell people, Chris has his back to the audience when he’s performing,” she said.

From Los Angeles Times

The group, which represents more than 2,000 German chemical and pharmaceutical companies that collectively employ more than half a million people, said the pharmaceutical industry performed well last quarter.

From The Wall Street Journal

He installed electronic systems, constructed beta detectors, performed test measurements, helped develop data acquisition software, adjusted timing systems, and analyzed the resulting data.

From Science Daily

The team performed a Bayesian analysis that compared thousands of theoretical models with the actual gravitational wave signal.

From Science Daily