execute
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“These targets look ambitious versus Wizz’s profitability postpandemic, but we also view them as achievable if the company can execute within a broadly stable environment,” Gowers says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 18, 2026
Like all life-altering choices, there is never a “perfect” time to execute them, and it’s impossible to navigate them perfectly.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 18, 2026
Thirdly, players need to have the ability to execute the pass.
From BBC ● Sep. 18, 2026
SpaceX has also said the primary goal for Starship’s Super Heavy booster is to execute a successful launch, ascent and stage separation, followed by a boostback burn and landing burn in the Gulf of Mexico.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026
Incredibly, Dermer failed to execute his part of the plan, too.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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Analysts at Oppenheimer led by Colin Rusch said they “continue to be encouraged by the company’s capital efficiency as it executes against growth initiatives while buying back stock.”
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
And whoever executes their gameplan the best will lift the trophy.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
One of the others is the Brick, that little piece of plastic that has exactly one job—to make my phone stop working in distracting ways—and executes it to perfection.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2026
You want to be the person who decides what to do, not the one who executes it.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 10, 2026
She executes a perfect curtsey, and then she turns and leaves.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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And those guys went out and executed the second half and it was beautiful.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 19, 2026
“If well executed and appropriately funded, owners and customers will share in the returns of this opportunity,” they write in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
“The investment community is suspect because they just haven’t executed for a long time.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
Austbo had been tracked for a decent period of time before West Ham executed the transfer, for an initial £10m.
From BBC ● Sep. 8, 2026
Bobby was disappointed when he met the executed SS leader’s son.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
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Since hiring a new head of sales for its North America division in 2024, Zscaler has been making good progress executing this transition, Weed believes.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 17, 2026
But questions about executing a difficult turnaround will linger over the stock, they say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 11, 2026
"It's really just making sure we're executing to make sure we get the best result for the team," he said.
From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026
Internal testing determined that the forthcoming model, called Astra, is capable of devising and executing novel hacks against difficult targets with only limited human input, OpenAI said Tuesday in a blog post.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 2, 2026
It was a fascinating experience to follow a year spent executing American policies as a soldier overseas with one watching how those policies are formulated.
From "The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates" by Wes Moore
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