1
as in enforcing
to carry out effectively
the agency charged with executing the nation's drug laws
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2
as in performing
to carry through (as a process) to completion
when you execute this dance step, try to keep your arms a little higher
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3
as in murdering
to put to death deliberately
during the war those convicted of desertion were summarily executed
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Recent Examples of executing
Currently, there is no information available regarding the size of area burned or the crew executing the prescribed fire.
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Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
The brokers who win are the ones who keep believing, keep executing, and never let the pressure change their approach.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
Both professors say it’s expected for most individuals appointed to leadership positions by the commissioner to be on similar pages since their job is executing the commissioner’s vision for state intervention.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2025
Last week, a video circulated of fighters going room to room at El Fasher’s Saudi Hospital, where some five hundred people are said to have been taking shelter alongside the patients, and executing people.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
But this year, LaCava suggests waiting until the city has a clearer financial picture before executing capital projects.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
Still, Michter’s president Joe Magliocco acknowledges the difficulties in executing this.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
Finally, and probably most importantly, the ongoing CEO process presents a golden opportunity to recruit a world class operator capable of executing upon these initiatives.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Videos on social media show Hamas gunmen executing rivals in the streets.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Ca Wildfire Bot, Sacbee.com, 8 Nov. 2025
The brokers who win are the ones who keep believing, keep executing, and never let the pressure change their approach.
—Allen Buchanan, Oc Register, 8 Nov. 2025
Both professors say it’s expected for most individuals appointed to leadership positions by the commissioner to be on similar pages since their job is executing the commissioner’s vision for state intervention.
—Lina Ruiz, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 Nov. 2025
Last week, a video circulated of fighters going room to room at El Fasher’s Saudi Hospital, where some five hundred people are said to have been taking shelter alongside the patients, and executing people.
—Nicolas Niarchos, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2025
But this year, LaCava suggests waiting until the city has a clearer financial picture before executing capital projects.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Nov. 2025
Still, Michter’s president Joe Magliocco acknowledges the difficulties in executing this.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 7 Nov. 2025
Finally, and probably most importantly, the ongoing CEO process presents a golden opportunity to recruit a world class operator capable of executing upon these initiatives.
—Kenneth Squire, CNBC, 24 Oct. 2025
Videos on social media show Hamas gunmen executing rivals in the streets.
—Eric Cortellessa, Time, 23 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for executing
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Federal judge Julia Kobick in Massachusetts issued a preliminary injunction stopping the Administration from enforcing the policy against Orr and six other individual plaintiffs in April.—
Chad de Guzman,
Time,
7 Nov. 2025
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One of them was to have the right balance between rigidly enforcing rules, while also adapting on set to new issues that pop up.—
Sara Merican,
Deadline,
7 Nov. 2025
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As Obama, 61, explains in her new book, co-written with longtime stylist Meredith Koop, that smart hire led to some of the most iconic looks in the White House despite her reluctance to talk about fashion while performing her duties as First Lady.—
Kaity Velez,
Parents,
10 Nov. 2025
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More British blues bands followed, performing and recording songs by Delta blues artists.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
10 Nov. 2025
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Johnson, Evans and Pascal – and while certainly thoughtful, the film's strengths are upended by a mood-murdering melancholy.—
Saman Shafiq,
USA Today,
6 Nov. 2025
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In the worst killing spree in Germany’s post-war history, a former nurse was jailed in 2019 for life for murdering 85 of his patients.—
CNN Money,
CNN Money,
6 Nov. 2025
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The Corps proposed strengthening the bank by implementing riprap, or rocks.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
8 Nov. 2025
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State officials in Pennsylvania, Minnesota, Oregon and New Jersey filed declarations warning that implementing the USDA’s partial payment plan could lead to technical failures and higher error rates.—
Robert Alexander,
MSNBC Newsweek,
7 Nov. 2025
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Venture capital, of course, is hardly the only realm where people can get very rich without accomplishing much.—
Emma Burleigh,
Fortune,
6 Nov. 2025
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Here, however, Makowsky examines a purely ignoble figure who feels entitled without accomplishing a thing.—
Ben Travers,
IndieWire,
6 Nov. 2025
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Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Turning Point USA founder Charlie Kirk on a Utah college campus a month ago today, has asked a judge for permission to wear civilian clothes in court and to appear without shackles and cuffs.—
Michael Ruiz , Lee Ross,
FOXNews.com,
10 Oct. 2025
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Casual killings at point-blank range, vicious motorcycle jackings, tossing someone off a building, assassinating the actual Mark Cuban (playing himself) — this, in the movie, is what the good guys do.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
1 Oct. 2025
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Following too closely in its protagonist’s footsteps, The Queen of Versailles presents only two options — tough but spiritually fulfilling material deprivation or unconstrained acquisitiveness.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
10 Nov. 2025
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Being able to be with one of the biggest artists Puerto Rico has ever had in such a special month dedicated only to us is fulfilling to the heart.—
Julyssa Lopez,
Rolling Stone,
8 Nov. 2025
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Reeves is currently on Broadway with his Bill & Ted co-star Alex Winter, slaying in Waiting for Godot at the Hudson Theatre.—
Anthony D'Alessandro,
Deadline,
31 Oct. 2025
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Unfortunately, the serial killer known as John Doe is ritualistically slaying victims by turning the seven deadly sins into symbolic, atrocious murders.—
Steven Thrash,
Entertainment Weekly,
19 Oct. 2025
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“Executing.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executing. Accessed 15 Nov. 2025.
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