as in executed
to carry through (as a process) to completion
the neurologists plan to prosecute their research for as long as funding remains available
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Recent Examples of prosecuted
Andres Perez, who prosecuted the case for Marin County.
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Clara Harter, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2024
Juvenile justice advocates argued that the law would cause teenagers to be prosecuted as adults for behaviors that are typical for immature adolescents.
—ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
As California attorney general, Harris prosecuted cartel members and expanded a task force focused on cross-border crimes.
—Tracy Wilkinson, Los Angeles Times, 3 Oct. 2024
In other states, 17-year-olds can be prosecuted as adults only in special circumstances, such as when they are charged with a serious, violent crime like murder.
—ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
Soon, the Menendez brothers’ case would continue to play out amid another high-profile murder case prosecuted by the same DA’s office.
—Kim Kardashian, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
The current criminal case is being prosecuted by district attorney’s Sex Crimes Division, and being investigated by the Sheriff’s Department Special Victims Bureau.
—Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 2 Oct. 2024
The Alabama Supreme Court ruled earlier this year that embryos created using IVF are considered children, prompting several IVF clinics to pause treatments out of fear that physicians and families could be prosecuted for creating embryos that were not or could not be used for a pregnancy.
—Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 2 Oct. 2024
Walz challenged this view, saying that Harris, as California’s attorney general, had prosecuted transnational gangs for human trafficking and drug trafficking.
—Kizzy Cox, Essence, 2 Oct. 2024
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Especially when executed at a large scale of hundreds of code changes, this becomes a management challenge.Mike Waas, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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Actual causes Lawyer Gretchen Sween, who joined Roberson's case about two months before he was supposed to be executed in 2016, said she was struck by how little investigators took Nikki's past health issues into consideration.Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
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One that pops up repeatedly is getting from point A to point B, getting things accomplished.Dr. Rina Koshkina, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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The regular season will be the true test, but the Warriors have accomplished much of their objectives in the preseason.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
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Latin music icon Marc Anthony performed and executive produced a special segment with salsa great Sergio George to pay homage to the tropical music genre.Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The tribute was performed by Reik, Leonel García, Alejandro Fernández, David Bisbal and Carlos Rivera.Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The team also discovered that about 15% of adults fulfilled the criteria for functional iron deficiency, which occurs when the iron in the body is stored away but not readily available for use.Lauryn Higgins, Health, 4 Oct. 2024
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For Landry, who was elected on an anti-crime platform, the law’s passage fulfilled a campaign pledge.ProPublica, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
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The top 10 were all white men (shocker), but four Black billionaires made the list this year, too.Zoya Hasan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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The discovery was made by an anonymous treasure hunter who had successfully solved the complex puzzles the hunt’s creator set out.Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Prosecuted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosecuted. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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