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execution

[ek-si-kyoo-shuhn] / ˌɛk sɪˈkju ʃən /




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Public bank’s established business, driven by superior asset quality, prudent provisioning and consistent execution, should continue to support its premium valuation, she adds.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 27, 2026

Ward also found that Pike had not identified another method of execution, as is required by U.S.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2026

Silent performance can be an actor’s dream and a real challenge, since it relies on physical performances and visual execution to communicate with the audience.

From Salon Aug. 22, 2026

Pro Football Focus ranked him fourth in a grading system that factors in hang time, directional placement and situational execution.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 21, 2026

The execution date couldn't have come at a more difficult time.

From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

Since wartime executions resumed on March 19, two people have also been executed in connection with the "Woman. Life. Freedom." protests that erupted in 2022.

From Barron's Aug. 27, 2026

While some of these ideas may be profoundly relatable — and thus, personally meaningful — that doesn’t make the observations or their executions within Schoenbrun’s feeble film profound in and of themselves.

From Salon Aug. 26, 2026

That translates to around 1 percent of the executions carried out in that period.

From Slate Aug. 25, 2026

Four of them - California, Ohio, Oregon and Pennsylvania - have paused executions through executive actions, as issues of botched executions, discrimination and cost have come to the forefront.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Both past tenses have been around for hundreds of years, but since the sixteenth century it’s been customary to reserve hanged for referring to executions, and to use hung for other meanings.

From "Woe Is I" by Patricia T. O'Conner




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