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Recent Examples of execrable Some of these propagandists have thus speculated that perhaps Waltz intentionally leaked to the execrable Goldberg—or perhaps that Waltz served as a Goldberg source inside the Trump administration. Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025 Yes, the execrable Gaetz has been dumped from contention. Jackie Calmes, The Mercury News, 13 Dec. 2024 The viral, execrable Willy Wonka Experience in Glasgow may have closed up shop, but it’s not forgotten. Bethy Squires, Vulture, 7 Apr. 2024 In recent months, those online debates have grown coarse and self-righteous, thanks to an unfortunate lyrical shift towards fellating his own male id on Her Loss, his pathetically execrable collaboration from last year with 21 Savage. Mosi Reeves, Rolling Stone, 6 Oct. 2023 See All Example Sentences for execrable
Recent Examples of Synonyms for execrable
Adjective
  • And because of that, it’s shielded us from the terrible things that happen downstream in the supply chain.
    Alexandra Harrell, Sourcing Journal, 8 July 2025
  • Vegas bounced back from a terrible loss to the Fever with an 86-68 win over the Sun on Sunday.
    Kilty Cleary, MSNBC Newsweek, 8 July 2025
Adjective
  • But August is perhaps a poor month in which to rally the staff.
    John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
  • For certain situations, particularly if someone is in poor health, experts generally say claiming early makes sense.
    Lorie Konish, CNBC, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • The tweets, a vile departure from Elmo’s often inspiring and motivational social media cadence, were sent on July 13 and promptly taken down.
    Zack Sharf, Variety, 14 July 2025
  • Michael Kracker, the chair of the Erie County Republican Committee, posted the image on X, formerly Twitter, describing it as vile.
    Marni Rose McFall, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
Adjective
  • Too Much follows Megan Stalter as Jessica, a producer who's just been broken up with by her horrible ex-boyfriend.
    Rebecca Aizin, People.com, 11 July 2025
  • The market is just full of butcher shops, with the most ghastly whole pigs and halves of steers hanging from horrible hooks.
    John Updike, New Yorker, 11 July 2025
Adjective
  • Prospect Capital is now the cheapest BDC on the market, trading at just 46% of NAV.
    Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 20 July 2025
  • For years, the equation seemed simple: look for the cheapest fare, even if the trip was mediocre.
    Wilson Santiago Burgos, USA Today, 20 July 2025
Adjective
  • For example, wildfires can not only cause direct injury and damage to people and property but can also spew all sorts of nasty stuff into the air.
    Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 19 July 2025
  • Morton signed a one-year, $15 million deal with the Orioles this past offseason as a starting pitcher who had established himself with 17 years of MLB experience and a nasty curveball.
    Said Bravo, CNN Money, 18 July 2025
Adjective
  • Pictures of Piper the dog, who last year went through an awful health scare after having a rawhide treat.
    Alice Gibbs, MSNBC Newsweek, 18 July 2025
  • That’s a horrible way to feel, and an awful way for fans to treat her.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 16 July 2025
Adjective
  • Instead of allowing senior citizens and disabled first-responders choose the plan that was right for them — and the vast majority have chosen traditional Medicare — de Blasio forced every one of them into an inferior Medicare Advantage plan run by a for-profit insurance company.
    Marianne Pizzitola, New York Daily News, 14 July 2025
  • The bolder value vision is in using new AI capabilities to solve long-standing inefficiencies or problems that may have been targeted before, albeit with inferior technology.
    Beena Ammanath, Forbes.com, 8 July 2025

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“Execrable.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/execrable. Accessed 23 Jul. 2025.

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