as in to fulfil
to carry through (as a process) to completion
the incoming university president is vowing to put through the sort of sweeping changes that will propel the school into the top tier academically
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Recent Examples of put through
Others, like the pilot for Firefly, are put through the ringer.
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Declan Gallagher, EW.com, 25 Jan. 2025
First to use the charger was a Subaru Solterra that was later put through its paces across the rugged St Helena landscape.
—Matthew MacConnell, Forbes, 15 Jan. 2025
Bashar was then brought home from his ophthalmology practice in London and put through military training, where he was elevated to the rank of colonel to give him the credentials to one day rule Syria.
—Greg Wehner, Fox News, 9 Dec. 2024
More than 2,000 scripts were submitted — double the number of a typical NHK screenplay competition — whittled down to 42 interviewees and 10 who were put through to the final WDR.
—Max Goldbart, Deadline, 14 Jan. 2025
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Wrestling in the state meet for the first time will fulfill a longtime dream for Kenney (35-7).—
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While not for everyone, this lifestyle allows some workers to fulfill their travel dreams.—
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This ensures teams that had performed well previously are rewarded with advantageous starting positions.—
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Verbruggen performed well, becoming the youngest goalkeeper to play at the tournament for 60 years against Poland in the group stages en route to a 2-1 defeat by England in the semi-finals.—
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This results in a situation where all the major decisions and ideas come directly from the leader, and the team is there just to execute the executive’s orders.—
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His role was to judge who had executed the best guest bedroom makeover — Christina and her design team or her competition: her first ex-husband Tarek El Moussa, 43, and his wife, Heather Rae El Moussa, 37.—
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While the need is dire, going vintage can achieve a brighter future.—
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China is targeting landing a pair of astronauts on the moon before 2030 and is already making progress on the various pieces of hardware needed to emulate a feat so far only achieved by the United States, such as the crew spacecraft, lander and a new launch vehicle.—
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What is clear is that the offseason is now over, spring training is underway and the Yankees have done nothing to replace Torres.—
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But descendants felt the admission was a first step; now, what would the Jesuits do about it?—
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The country's first execution using nitrogen gas was carried out last year in Alabama, which has now executed four people using the method.—
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Jewish settlers also have carried out rampages in Palestinian areas in the territory.—
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The conventional wisdom in Hollywood is that the technology for making faces seem fully human is five years away.—
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In fiscal year 2023, the NIH funded $35 billion in research grants — about $9 billion of which would affected by the cuts The Trump administration has made drastic cuts to medical research that scientists say will endanger patients and will cost thousands of jobs, according to the Associated Press.—
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Listen to this article At least one person was injured when ice went through a driver’s windshield on Interstate 84 in East Hartford on Monday.—
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For Christine’s and my generation in particular, the experience of having gone through the AIDS epidemic and the AIDS crisis was very formative.—
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“Put through.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20through. Accessed 27 Feb. 2025.
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