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carry out

[kar-ee-out] / ˈkær iˌaʊt /


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"Arranging for an astronaut to carry out a one-year in-orbit residency experiment is by no means a simple matter of adding together two six-month missions in terms of duration," Zhang said.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

GPUs, with their parallel processing capabilities, could render vast swaths of pixels far better than central processing units, which can only carry out tasks sequentially.

From MarketWatch • May 23, 2026

If astronauts do not do exercise, they also lose coordination and cardiovascular fitness, they become less able to carry out the functional tasks that they're required to do.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

A commission spokesman said that, in extraordinary and unforeseeable circumstances, the verification rules could allow verifiers to carry out a virtual site visit rather than a physical one.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Inhabitants of those islands developed intensive dryland agriculture requiring a heavy input of labor to build terraces, carry out mulching, rotate crops, reduce or eliminate fallow periods, and maintain tree plantations.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond




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