- present participle of execute.
executing
Example Sentences
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Its findings may reveal more about the dimensions of America’s practice of executing the innocent and show that it is anything but a myth.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
The possibility of executing the innocent has gone a long way to change the national conversation about the death penalty.
From Slate ● Aug. 13, 2026
Anthropic said its models, without being asked to, wandered out of a simulated testing environment and gained internet access before executing hacks on the companies.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 1, 2026
Over the years, ICE has done several deals to deepen its presence in the bond market, but its biggest business is in providing fixed-income data and analytics, rather than actually executing bond trades.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026
I had been so absorbed for so long with setting up and executing the first part of the trip that I hadn’t actually stopped to consider where I would be at this point.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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