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performing

ADJECTIVE
fulfilling a function
Synonyms


ADJECTIVE
taking part in a presentation
Synonyms


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The top performing sectors during these periods were healthcare and consumer-discretionary stocks like restaurants, delivering relatively paltry returns of 0.29% and 0.31% a month, respectively.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 9, 2026

Sea hags have nothing on the fear of performing Nile’s drunken dancing in “The Beast in Me.”

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 8, 2026

The Kennedy Center on Monday dropped US President Donald Trump's name from the website of the performing arts venue.

From Barron's • Jun. 8, 2026

"Doctors and midwives are rarely criticised for performing an early caesarean."

From BBC • Jun. 4, 2026

Children now grow up spending much of their leisure time hearing music rather than performing or making it.

From "Music and the Child" by Natalie Sarrazin




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