executed

past tense of execute
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Recent Examples of executed That means his desire to step up into duels and defend on the front foot will need to be executed carefully, to avoid exposing the space behind a high line that was breached too often on the counter-attack last season. Mark Carey, New York Times, 25 July 2026 From a fringed mullet, to a blonde buzz cut, bobs in various lengths, micro bangs, and even a shade of citrus—Kristen Stewart’s looks are always executed with an edge. Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 24 July 2026 Willacy, who received the death penalty for beating his neighbor with a hammer and setting her on fire in 1990 in Palm Bay, was executed on April 21. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026 In 2018, the Eagles won the Super Bowl on a trick play executed by a one-time third-round pick quarterback who got ditched a season earlier by the Kansas City Chiefs. Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 24 July 2026 Impact Sac’s first contract executed in 2021 was also for $249,999. Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 24 July 2026 Then on July 14, Florida broke that record when 74-year-old Dennis Michael Sochor was executed by lethal injection for killing an 18-year-old woman on New Year's Eve in Broward County in 1981. Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 24 July 2026 Hot Lab also penned the contemporary interiors, while the yard’s in-house team and Names by Francesco Rogantin executed naval architecture. Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 23 July 2026 The quest is setup and executed and resolved and that’s that. Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for executed
Verb
  • Some states do, including California, but California’s law was found to be unconstitutional and so is not enforced.
    Liz Weston, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 July 2026
  • For example, a recent report from Le Monde said the ban is still not enforced in France as of June, given the lack of appropriate inspection resources needed to do so.
    Roy Stephen Canivel, Footwear News, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • Last year, The All-American Rejects performed at the Fandom Party, SPYAIR and Denzel Curry headlined the Crunchyroll Anime FanFest, and GI Joe’s Cold Slither debuted.
    Laura Sirikul, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
  • That so many teams were capable of winning races showed how well the crews performed, especially considering the breeze was again blowing strongly across the Solent, around 17 knots and sometimes gusting over 20.
    Andrew Rice, New York Times, 26 July 2026
Verb
  • One of the most famous examples comes from Archbishop Óscar Romero, who was assassinated in 1980 and declared a saint by Pope Francis in 2018.
    Gina Perez, The Conversation, 21 July 2026
  • The 48-year-old daughter of former president Rodrigo Duterte is accused of corruption, bribery, misappropriating millions in government funds and threatening to have the current president, Ferdinand Marcos Jr, assassinated.
    Harriet Marsden, TheWeek, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • The study projected that, if the recommendations were implemented, they could be completed by 2020.
    Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026
  • After the agent was implemented, technicians moved faster, tickets closed faster, response times dropped, but the downtime didn't.
    Sanjay Brahmawar, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Verb
  • Alignment Alignment connects the organization’s strategy to how the team is structured, how responsibilities are distributed and how work gets accomplished.
    Tony Gambill, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
  • The 39-year-old entered the tournament chasing back-to-back World Cup titles with Argentina, something no country has accomplished on the men’s side since Brazil in 1958 and 1962.
    Nethumi Kannangara, Sportico.com, 21 July 2026
Verb
  • Showcasing its range, a different Britain’s Most Notorious Crime Investigations ep tells the story of Mahek Bukhari, a TikTok influencer who murdered her mother’s lover and his friend in a high-speed car chase.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 22 July 2026
  • The Girl in the River centers on an experienced criminologist and a young psychologist who head to a small Mississippi town after a girl is murdered and her twin sister goes missing.
    Ryan Gajewski, HollywoodReporter, 22 July 2026
Verb
  • While the aircraft fulfilled its promise to keep the president safe in a crisis, its legendary communication systems faltered.
    Peter Kastor, Fortune, 27 July 2026
  • An order that cannot be fulfilled is not only an ERP problem.
    Robert Kramer, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • Though the World Cup avoided issues with ICE raids at stadiums, the agency this summer has been responsible for shootings that killed Lorenzo Salgado Araujo in Houston and Joan Sebastián Durán Guerrero in Biddeford, Maine.
    Barry Svrluga, New York Times, 24 July 2026
  • The state, then called Vargas, had another natural disaster in 1999, when landslides killed thousands.
    Syra Ortiz-Blanes, Miami Herald, 24 July 2026

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“Executed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executed. Accessed 28 Jul. 2026.

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