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[per-fawrm] / pərˈfɔrm /




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The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority found that those who use social media for investment advice rate their investment knowledge higher than those who don’t, but perform worse on an objective knowledge test.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 16, 2026

Disney has seen its local Korean shows perform well in Asia, as well as Brazil, executives said.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 15, 2026

Mikawa, who is scheduled to perform at the venue based at George Heriot's School until 16 August, has cancelled two shows so far.

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

To investigate how much computation a single neuron can perform, the researchers created a new method for measuring the computational complexity of individual brain cells.

From Science Daily Aug. 13, 2026

“Mina was freaked out about having to perform in front of the whole school,” said Joe.

From "Hopping Mad (The Hardy Boys: Secret Files, #4)" by Franklin W. Dixon

The trio performs Saturday at Alex’s Bar in Long Beach as part of a series of shows that will take the band to the U.K.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 13, 2026

The researchers caution that larger prospective trials are still needed to determine how well MethylScan performs in real-world screening.

From Science Daily Aug. 11, 2026

Outside, Alicante performs the same trick on a larger scale.

From Salon Aug. 11, 2026

It’s that my body sometimes performs similar, involuntarily reactions in both cases.

From Slate Aug. 10, 2026

"Show us how a real champ performs the Heimlich maneuver."

From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris

Her face was covered in tears after she performed “Ese Hombre Es Malo” backed by female mariachi players.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 16, 2026

Researchers additionally performed sensitivity analyses to assess attrition bias.

From Science Daily Aug. 16, 2026

The fire service received 300 calls and performed 85 interventions, especially in southern Granada and the city's metropolitan area, said Antonio Sanz, the Andalusia region's top emergencies official.

From Barron's Aug. 15, 2026

Harvey, an ex-BBC journalist, previously performed a stand-up show at the Fringe in 2018 and performed to crowds at Glastonbury in 2024.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

For example, characters and themes are given a short musical pattern, and every time that character or theme appears, the musical pattern is performed.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin

"When you're performing, any 1% you can get, any confidence you can get, it makes a big difference," he says.

From BBC Aug. 14, 2026

Workday, the HR software provider, was the index’s top performing stock, jumping 18% after a report that the private-equity firm Silver Lake is in talks to take it private.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

The two met at dancing class, where Fava was one of Iannotta's pupils, and started performing outdoors regularly in the summer since, as Iannotta puts it, they both "hate sitting around at home".

From Barron's Aug. 13, 2026

Importantly, the researchers identified examples in which bacteria and archaea appear to have independently developed different enzymes capable of performing the same essential metabolic task.

From Science Daily Aug. 12, 2026

Begin by learning the song and performing it in unison.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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