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executing

ADJECTIVE
making
Synonyms
STRONG
accomplishing building composing constructing creating effecting fabricating fashioning forging forming generating manufacturing originating producing shaping
ADJECTIVE
managing
Synonyms
STRONG
administering admonishing advising controlling governing guiding handling husbanding inspecting leading operating organizing overseeing piloting regulating steering superintending supervising
Antonyms
STRONG
subordinate
ADJECTIVE
operating
Synonyms
STRONGEST
performing running
STRONG
accomplishing administering conducting contriving determining directing driving finishing fulfilling guiding maintaining managing manipulating moving ordering practicing regulating revolving serving spinning supervising sustaining transacting turning using wielding
WEAK
at work
ADJECTIVE
running
Synonyms
STRONGEST
constant functioning working
STRONG
active cursive dynamic going live moving operative proceeding producing smooth
WEAK
alive easy effortless fluent in action in operation in succession incessant perpetual together unbroken unceasing uninterrupted
Antonyms
STRONG
apathetic immobile inactive unexciting
WEAK
broken discontinuous intermittent occasional

Example Sentences

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Executing upon user requests is resource intensive, and many people don’t pay at all for chatbots.

From MarketWatch • Dec. 31, 2025

Executing the plan requires rewiring mentalities, erasing almost a generation’s worth of habits.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

On today's plan, he added: "Executing plans is always a tricky thing. We've got to make the most of the start, that's my best opportunity to make my life a lot easier."

From BBC • May 18, 2024

"Executing on programs and increasing deliveries is the most crucial leverage to achieve that goal," he said during an earnings call.

From Reuters • Nov. 1, 2023

Executing a lightning attack so stealthy we didn’t even need the cover of night.

From "The Season of Styx Malone" by Kekla Magoon