PROSECUTING Synonyms: 42 Similar and Opposite Words

prosecuting

verb

present participle of prosecute

as in executing

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 prosecuting Such arrests have profound impacts on the lives and reputations of those falsely accused and take valuable resources away from prosecuting actual perpetrators. — Kate Payne, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2026 At the time, Guilfoyle was an assistant DA in San Francisco prosecuting a high-profile dog-mauling case and making the rounds on cable news. — Joe Hagan, Vanity Fair, 30 Sep. 2026 The Justice Department has a long history of investigating and prosecuting hackers who break into a private company's network. — ABC News, 24 Sep. 2026 Zahnd, who had already developed a reputation as being tough-on-crime, was responsible for prosecuting Paden, who died in October 2020 while serving his sentence, on behalf of the State of Missouri. — Jenna Ebbers, Kansas City Star, 23 Sep. 2026 What the attorney general job entails The attorney general acts as Rhode Island’s top law enforcement officer, overseeing more than 250 staffers prosecuting felony cases and defending state agencies against civil lawsuits. — Katie Mulvaney, The Providence Journal, 10 Sep. 2026 Spitzer is now prosecuting parents for e-motorcycle deaths caused by their teenagers. — Ryanne Mena, Oc Register, 20 Aug. 2026 Following one incident with the actor, he was charged with seven felony counts, including assault, injuring a girlfriend and dissuading a witness from prosecuting a crime. — Kevin Dolak, HollywoodReporter, 20 Aug. 2026 Nathan Hochman has faced criticism from Mayor Karen Bass and others for prosecuting an officer who attempted to report misconduct. — Richard Winton, Los Angeles Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Tykun’s own Bendetta Iovane developed the original concept, with yacht designer Tommaso Spadolini executing the design and naval architect Carlo Bertorello responsible for the hull and structural engineering.

— Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2026
Their playoff success breeds confidence in a group with a penchant for executing in the biggest moments while their opponents have not.

— Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 3 Oct. 2026

Definition of executing

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The research of Soai, along with that of Kagan, contributed to fulfilling the remaining two criteria, for which the duo received the 2026 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 7 Oct. 2026
In August, his wife, Rivka, gave birth to a daughter, fulfilling a promise that Bohbot made to himself in the tunnels to give his 5-year-old son, Reem, a sibling.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of fulfilling

Verb

His new project, Flop, aims to create a spot market for computing power, where participants are rewarded with Flop tokens for providing GPUs and performing AI inference.

— Jenny Lee, CNBC, 7 Oct. 2026
The Crew-12 astronauts were very busy during their nearly 10 months off Earth, performing a variety of maintenance work and dozens of scientific experiments.

— Mike Wall, Space.com, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of performing

Verb

Curtis had a difficult time rebuilding the staff at her clubs on the way out of the pandemic — accomplishing that only with the help of comics who promoted her efforts on their podcasts.

— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 25 Sep. 2026
Achievement is much more useful when the person accomplishing it still likes the life waiting afterward.

— Tarot.com, Hartford Courant, 18 Sep. 2026

Definition of accomplishing

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That's a big step toward Verstappen achieving his target of avoiding a first winless season since his 2015 rookie year.

— ABC News, ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
The auditor would examine whether the program is achieving its goals, how to cut the program’s costs by at least 10% annually and other areas.

— Queenie Wong, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of achieving

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Some of the stories are just spoken matter-of-factly, while others are acted out with Jaku doing all the voices.

— Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 2 Oct. 2026
Anyone attempting to judge these works by their relationship to canonized video, computational art, and painting may have difficulty doing so.

— Simon Denny, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of doing

Verb

Crafting the ‘nudge’ As an undergraduate at Carnegie Mellon University, Carleton spent two summers working in a Johns Hopkins prostate cancer lab and was surprised to see surgeons making a point to attend the department’s journal club.

— Allessandra DiCorato, STAT, 8 Oct. 2026
If the waiver is granted, callers would still be limited by certain conditions, including allowing consumers to opt out and making no more than three calls within 30 days to each individual recipient.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of making

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But little progress has been made towards implementing a deal to end the conflict, which includes terms for Hamas to disarm and Israel to withdraw its troops.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026
For decades, the European Union has led the world in implementing policies designed to cut emissions, creating the world’s most important price on carbon and crafting the rules of the road for a wide range of regulatory efforts.

— Justin Worland, Time, 3 Oct. 2026