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[per-fawrm] / pərˈfɔrm /




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Jennifer Finch, the bassist for veteran LA rock act L7, has brain cancer and will not perform with the band on its farewell tour this year.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 2026

Tom Cruise, Laura Pausini, Nicole Scherzinger, Robbie Williams and IShowSpeed are set to perform as part of the ceremony, with Jennifer Hudson to sing the United States' national anthem.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

SpaceX had postponed a May test mission for the rocket after the booster didn’t perform as expected, prompting the FAA to require the company to investigate the mishap.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

The findings challenge the long-standing idea that humans cannot truly multitask, suggesting that with enough experience, the brain can perform certain activities simultaneously instead of simply switching rapidly between them.

From Science Daily Jul. 12, 2026

At seven, she began playing the trombone, and when she was grown, she played jazz in bands that had never allowed a woman trombonist to perform with them before.

From "Muffled" by Jennifer Gennari

Because biological intelligence performs remarkably complex tasks while using far less energy than today's AI systems, understanding this architecture could help guide the development of future artificial intelligence.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

Bob Baker Marionette Theater performs at the River Solstice Festival, clockwise from top left.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 13, 2026

Another factor is how the market performs in the six weeks or so heading into earnings, Hackett said.

From MarketWatch Jul. 10, 2026

Here, Madonna takes the listener through a pivotal moment in her early career, as she dances, performs and hustles at the famous New York club where she eventually broke through.

From Salon Jul. 8, 2026

Hemoglobin, the oxygen carrier in blood, for instance, performs one of the simplest and yet most vital reactions in physiology.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee

In recent years, Richemont has performed better than many of its competitors, partly due to its stronger focus on jewelry rather than fashion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 15, 2026

Together, these tools automatically filtered vast amounts of data before researchers performed additional analysis.

From Science Daily Jul. 14, 2026

With Argentina, England, France and Spain just two games from glory, we compare how the four semi-finalists have performed so far to get an idea of who could lift the World Cup this weekend.

From BBC Jul. 13, 2026

Purists will be delighted by the inclusion of “Hit Me in the Head,” which Watts performed shortly before his death in 2021.

From Salon Jul. 13, 2026

Apparently these women performed mathematical calculations for the engineers at the Lab, who were trying to build state-of-the-art airplanes to keep our nation safe.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson

Manderach said that federal agencies in charge of food safety are largely performing to the previous standard despite agency changes during the Trump administration.

From BBC Jul. 14, 2026

"I didn't expect that performing the service was going to put me in the position of explaining to my children what a bulletproof vest was and why I had to wear one," she said.

From Barron's Jul. 14, 2026

I’m glad to hear that the batteries are performing better than expected.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 12, 2026

By performing repeated brain scans, the researchers tracked how the brain changed throughout the study.

From Science Daily Jul. 11, 2026

Broca is still unable to study a living brain, but he has been performing autopsies on the brains of stroke victims.

From "Phineas Gage" by John Fleischman




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