executed

past tense of execute
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Recent Examples of executed Florida executed 19 people last year, accounting for 40% of all executions nationwide, according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Grethel Aguila, Miami Herald, 22 Aug. 2026 Friday, Trumann police and the Poinsett County sheriff's office executed a search warrant relating to Rebecca Lucille Montgomery, 44, Trumann police said in a social media post. Rafael Escalera Montoto, Arkansas Online, 22 Aug. 2026 Sarin attack Among those executed in 2018 included guru Shoko Asahara and 12 former members of the Aum Shinrikyo doomsday cult, which orchestrated the 1995 sarin gas attacks on Tokyo's subway system that killed 14 people. CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026 Hickerson was among those at the Greenville apartment when Panettiere was found, and authorities executed a search warrant at the residence, according to the report. Tracy Wright, FOXNews.com, 21 Aug. 2026 They’re just executed here with all the subtlety of a sledgehammer. Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 21 Aug. 2026 With a plush blue couch and dark-wood furniture, the designers’ aim at a classic feel done with a contemporary flair is well executed. Demarco Williams, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2026 Two Elmwood jail inmates were convicted at trial of murdering another inmate in a vicious gang beating that was executed over the course of 11 agonizing minutes, and went undetected even as it was recorded on surveillance cameras. Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 15 Aug. 2026 Bobby’s color palette is bizarre, and her idea of a sash that transforms into a shawl scarf is really cool but executed poorly. Roxana Hadadi, Vulture, 14 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for executed
Verb
  • Momentum was also building around a fair trade movement in the industry, which promised, among other things, higher prices for growers and better labor conditions, enforced by third-party inspections.
    Melanie Stetson Freeman, Christian Science Monitor, 22 Aug. 2026
  • But when used in combination with bans, the apps can offer wary members of the public a way to check if a ban is being enforced or whether a nearby device may begin recording at a sensitive time.
    Ashley Belanger, ArsTechnica, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Timberlake last performed on stage at the Recording Academy Honors in January to celebrate collaborator Pharrell Williams.
    Lynette Rice, Deadline, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Milton takes clear lead in QB2 battle Both backup quarterbacks performed well in the preseason opener in Seattle, and both went into the week of practice continuing to split reps with the second-team offense.
    Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Congress named the performing arts center as a living memorial to Kennedy in 1964, the year after he was assassinated.
    ABC News, ABC News, 20 Aug. 2026
  • The congregation was the organizing place for the sanitation workers’ strike that brought King to town in March 1968, weeks before he was assassinated there.
    Jason Wollschleger, The Conversation, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • First off, the company has already identified the affected categories and implemented additional planning and monitoring processes to prevent it from happening again.
    Jeff Marks, CNBC, 21 Aug. 2026
  • TikTok has already implemented significant changes to ownership, management, compliance functions and privacy practices since the DOJ filed the complaint, with measures taken to improve safeguards for younger users.
    Glenn Garner, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • This was accomplished by the amazing talent and hard work of over a dozen designers and an army of volunteers.
    Janet Kusterer, Baltimore Sun, 19 Aug. 2026
  • Jardine’s mission had been accomplished, though not without dissent within the team.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • If the appeals court agrees, Patterson would only be the second woman to receive a full life sentence in Australia, after Katherine Knight, who murdered her de facto husband and cooked parts of his body.
    Hilary Whiteman, CNN Money, 20 Aug. 2026
  • On August 4, 1892, Lizzie Borden’s father and stepmother, Andrew and Abby Borden, were murdered in the family’s home in Fall River, Massachusetts.
    Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 19 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • The two documents work together to ensure your wishes are fulfilled, lawyers said.
    Medora Lee, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2026
  • Like Lamine Yamal, Pau Cubarsi and Marc Bernal, who were all born in that year and grew up in the academy together, Xavi Espart fulfilled the dream of millions of youngsters worldwide by making his Barcelona debut.
    Tom Sanderson, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2026
Verb
  • Prosecutors allege Shakur was killed to avenge the rapper's entourage attacking Davis' nephew, Anderson, a few hours earlier at the MGM Grand after a boxing match involving Mike Tyson.
    CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Forty of those have been delivered, Skibitskiy said, and two are suspected to have been used in Radushne, in the Dnipro Region, on 30 July in an attack that killed at least four children from the same family.
    Nick Paton Walsh, CNN Money, 21 Aug. 2026

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