EXECUTIONS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

executions

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plural of execution

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the doing of an action the execution of this magic trick must be accomplished in one fluid motion

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Recent Examples of executions After a modern-era record 19 executions in 2025, Florida has conducted 12 executions this year. — Cbs Miami Team, CBS News, 30 July 2026 Likewise, on Tuesday, a group of 150 civic and political activists published a statement calling on the regime to free political prisoners and stop the executions. — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 30 July 2026 Since the start of this year, Florida has carried out 63% of the executions in the United States. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 29 July 2026 The total excludes China, where execution data is classified as a state secret and Amnesty believes thousands of executions were carried out. — Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 29 July 2026 Public executions are not uncommon in Iran and often are reserved for political prisoners. — Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2026 Florida cements its place as the most active death-penalty state with the executions of an 80-year-old and a man who maintained his innocence. — Katie Mettler, Washington Post, 28 July 2026 One maintains his innocence The state of Florida is set to carry out the executions of two men on the same day. — Liam Quinn, PEOPLE, 28 July 2026 In a gloomy prologue, casual conversations between Punjab police officers precipitate equally casual executions by moonlight, under the pretext of curbing terror. — Siddhant Adlakha, Variety, 20 July 2026

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What The Successful 5% Do Differently The majority of the 5% who successfully used AI Process Automation identified patterns in their implementations.

— TerDawn DeBoe, Forbes.com, 28 July 2026

Definition of implementations

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Their movements are tracked, conversations are restricted, decisions are tightly controlled, and accomplishments are rewarded with superficial incentives.

— Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
But his bogus life story of being a wealthy Wall Street player with a college degree and other accomplishments quickly unraveled.

— CBS News, CBS News, 1 Aug. 2026

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If everything else goes to plan, Tentsile will begin early fulfillment deliveries in May and standard fulfillments in August.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2026
Palestinians and Israeli Jews also came to regard the other side’s actions as fulfillments of their own national nightmares, ethnic cleansing for one and extermination for the other.

— Hussein Agha, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025

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In the decades that followed, the government limited its prosecutions, focusing mainly on national security threats or people with ties to foreign terrorist groups.

— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 26 July 2026
But evidence revealed during those investigations could later be used in civil rights investigations or prosecutions against ICE agents.

— Kamaron McNair, CNBC, 19 July 2026

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In the course of its hundred and forty-nine performances, the Eras Tour literally inscribed itself into geological time, the vibrations from the stomping fans registering on the Richter scale.

— Mitch Therieau, New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2026
Most performances by acts slated to play earlier were canceled, with a handful moving to different stages.

— Finnegan Belleau, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of performances

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Opportunities to celebrate the small milestones and major achievements are important to showcase the results of these group efforts.

— Kate Wieczorek, Forbes.com, 21 July 2026
At his final Prime Minister’s Questions session in Parliament on Wednesday, Starmer defended his government’s record on the international stage — especially its support for Ukraine — and its domestic policy achievements.

— Jill Lawless, Fortune, 20 July 2026

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