in execution

Example Sentences

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This approach would be brutal in execution and expensive to sustain, but unambiguous in strategic effect.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 12, 2026

Irregularities in execution or sudden changes in longstanding estate plans can be in your favor.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 30, 2026

It’s a small gesture, effortless in execution, yet unmistakably warm — the kind of thing that makes a house feel alive and a gathering intentional.

From Salon • Dec. 9, 2025

A yacht and two Cape Town villas belonging to Obiang, who is also the son of Equatorial Guinea's president, were impounded in execution of a court ruling.

From BBC • Jun. 22, 2025

Unrestrained in execution, daubed in colours of the harshest crudity, uneven in outline and distressing in ensemble, they are more fitted for the scullions’ hall than the picture-gallery.

From Legends & Romances of Spain by Spence, Lewis