executing

present participle of execute
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Recent Examples of executing Evaluation frameworks, orchestration, agent definitions and business rules should evolve independently from the intelligence executing them. Sanjay Srivastava, Forbes.com, 27 July 2026 But the nationwide total last year nearly doubled compared to the year prior, with 11 states executing 47 inmates – 19 of whom were in Florida, DPIC data shows. Nicki Brown, CNN Money, 26 July 2026 The operational targets for 2026 depend on executing the multi-stage plasma validation tests, establishing performance metrics, expanding patent protections, and negotiating initial power placement agreements with commercial partners. Aman Tripathi, Interesting Engineering, 25 July 2026 The state and federal agriculture agencies worked through the final steps in early July of approving the program design and executing a contract that unlocks Connecticut’s funding. Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 25 July 2026 The native of Wisconsin is a third-team selection after starting 13 games for MU in 2025 and executing 108 clean snaps. The Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 24 July 2026 The state of Florida, which is executing more elderly inmates than any other state, disagrees. Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 24 July 2026 Did the thought of legacy weigh on your mind while putting together and executing these shows? Steven J. Horowitz, Variety, 20 July 2026 Analysts say that brands are executing these programs to capture secondary profit margins. Arthur Zaczkiewicz, Footwear News, 20 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for executing
Verb
  • First is to prevent their further migration by enforcing an international treaty obliging national authorities to treat ballast waters inside incoming ships that may carry such species.
    ABC News, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • Yet many of the city’s leaders, apparently supported by voters, view enforcing bans on the open sale and use of narcotics, and forcing addicts off the streets and into treatment, as akin to an act of state repression.
    Michael Powell, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • For a guy used to the warmth of an arena crowd, Pragiwaksono romanticizes open mics, those awkward showcases of aspiring comics performing largely in front of other aspiring comics.
    Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 30 July 2026
  • Outside, there will be giveaways, inflatables, DJs and local mascots and cheerleaders performing.
    Elizabeth Green, AJC.com, 30 July 2026
Verb
  • Their son pleaded guilty in October 2022 to murdering four students and injuring several others in the November 2021 shooting at Oxford High School and was sentenced to life in prison without parole.
    Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 30 July 2026
  • On that Sabbath morning, a gunman shot his way into the synagogue, shouting antisemitic invective and murdering 11 worshipers from the three congregations sharing the building — Dor Hadash, New Light and Tree of Life.
    Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
Verb
  • Mediators have been trying to negotiate with Hamas for months on implementing the plan, but there is skepticism in the region that Hamas will hold up its end of the bargain.
    Jeremy Diamond, CNN Money, 31 July 2026
  • In turn, this means professionals are changing their approach to implementing AI—seeking more precise tools, specialized to their industry workflows, that expedite more complex tasks around the integrity of high-stakes deliverables.
    Julien Villemonteix, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Verb
  • On the cusp of accomplishing it for the first time, they were dismissed like a steward holding a gravy boat.
    Andrew Baggarly, New York Times, 27 July 2026
  • The team at Sneaker Politics is celebrating the retailer’s 20th year in business by accomplishing a long-time dream — opening a store in Houston, Texas.
    Stephen Garner, Footwear News, 24 July 2026
Verb
  • Utah prosecutors are turning up the heat on Tyler Robinson, the man accused of assassinating Charlie Kirk, arguing that the evidence against him easily meets the standard required to send the case to trial.
    Stepheny Price, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026
  • Ferrell instead starred as the villainous mogul Jacobim Mugatu, who attempts to brainwash Derek into assassinating the prime minister of Malaysia.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 27 July 2026
Verb
  • But presiding over his daughter’s outdoor wedding helped, fulfilling another psalm’s promise.
    Peter Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
  • This strategy empowers community banks with advanced AI, fulfilling Jack Henry's mission for their success.
    Peter High, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026
Verb
  • Foster, 58, was ordered held without bail on Thursday for slaying 39-year-old Julia Anderson during a property dispute, cops said.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 18 July 2026
  • An Oregon man was sentenced Thursday to 20 years in prison for a November 1981 Griffith cold case slaying.
    Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 16 July 2026

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