in execution

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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

The warning, however, was in vain; and so soon as she recovered, she agreed to put their plan in execution.

From The History of Margaret Catchpole A Suffolk Girl by Cobbold, Richard