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Recent Examples of execution However, the length of time the computer takes to respond is within the designer's control, and its perception can be reduced by giving prompt and accurate feedback, even if the operation's actual execution time is longer. Cameron Kaiser, ArsTechnica, 12 Sep. 2025 On the one hand, frequency is a prerequisite for driving the brand message home; on the other, overexposure to any creative execution is all but assured to breed a sort of lingering discontent in the viewer. Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 12 Sep. 2025 Mohd currently has about 100 employees, including a team of architects specialized in the design of environments and interiors, residences, offices, hotels and showrooms to facilitate swift execution of delivery and completion of projects. Sofia Celeste, Footwear News, 12 Sep. 2025 That may have been Winter’s intention — there’s also more than a whiff of the Coen brothers figuring into all the mordant mayhem — but the execution proves trickier to pull off for a sustained period. Michael Rechtshaffen, HollywoodReporter, 12 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for execution
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Noun
  • Order up a successful implementation.
    Jeff Kiesel, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025
  • Months after the 2021 policy implementation, Bueckers signed her first NIL deal, a multiyear partnership with apparel and sneaker marketplace StockX.
    Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 9 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • What brings you joy and fulfillment, Scorpio?
    Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 12 Sep. 2025
  • The last man standing wins a life-changing cash prize and the fulfillment of any one wish their heart desires.
    Megan McCluskey, Time, 12 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Increase recognition of problem behaviors that can lead to perpetration of behaviors.
    Elizabeth Howell, Space.com, 27 Aug. 2025
  • Hobart Police forwarded charges of murder and murder in perpetration of a robbery to the Lake County Prosecutor’s Office.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 14 Aug. 2025
Noun
  • Bankruptcy law, at § 365, essentially gives the trustee of the bankruptcy estate the right to either accept an executory contract (meaning that the trustee will have to render performance to get the benefit) or can reject the contract and forfeit the benefit.
    Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025
  • Researchers validated the catalyst’s performance inside an actual electrolysis unit cell, proving its real-world viability.
    Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 17 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Legend Becomes a Top 40 Bestseller Again The same compilation reenters the Top Album Sales chart, as a top 40 bestseller again — an incredible accomplishment for a project released decades ago.
    Hugh McIntyre, Forbes.com, 13 Sep. 2025
  • But the rarity or fluky quality of an accomplishment only gives it so much staying power.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2025

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“Execution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/execution. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.

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