EXECUTIONS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

executions

noun

plural of execution

as in implementations

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 California’s next governor will determine whether to keep or toss Gavin Newsom’s halt on executions. — Los Angeles Times, 8 Sep. 2026 And the American Civil Liberties Union discovered that the Federal Bureau of Prisons had spent millions on staffing needed to carry out executions. — Max Blau, ProPublica, 8 Sep. 2026 While California hasn’t executed anyone since 2006, and Governor Gavin Newsom announced a reprieve on all executions in 2019, Hochman opened the possibility of once again handing out capital punishment in extreme murder trials. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2026 The first consists of expert demonstrations, which document reference task executions carried out by human operators in real-world environments. — Jijo Malayil, Interesting Engineering, 4 Sep. 2026 The executions include that of Christa Pike, the first woman set to be put to death in Tennessee in more than 200 years. — Amanda Lee Myers, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026 The readout made no mention of Iran's treatment of protesters, executions or allegations of torture. — Efrat Lachter, FOXNews.com, 1 Sep. 2026 Rashidian also described accounts of arrests, executions and broader security crackdowns – claims CNN cannot independently verify. — Julia Vargas Jones, CNN Money, 29 Aug. 2026 According to the United Nations, executions have surged over the last six months, with at least 56 people executed on national security charges since mid-March — including 27 linked to protests earlier this year. — Greg Myre, NPR, 28 Aug. 2026

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Noun

Dataset is a structural problem, because today’s data quality reflects years of process decisions, system implementations, acquisitions and work-arounds, and there is no shortcut through it.

— Pankaj Prasoon, Forbes.com, 2 Sep. 2026
The newer mechanism stopped the attack on one Intel generation but failed on another, indicating that implementations can differ between chip designs.

— Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of implementations

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Still, with all the aforementioned accomplishments, and decades later, Steinem said that her naysayers used her bunny work in an attempt to discredit her.

— Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
In contrast, there was no such rush to recognize Steinem beyond her liberal and centrist constituency, even from conservatives who had expressed respect for her accomplishments as an influential historical figure.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 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

Definition of fulfillments

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With no one above her in the office, Chattah seemingly has been calling the shots on federal prosecutions in the state, handling cases referred by the FBI, the Drug Enforcement Administration and other law enforcement agencies.

— Brittny Mejia, Los Angeles Times, 5 Sep. 2026
The case is the latest in a series of federal prosecutions involving people accused of working for the Chinese government without proper disclosure, as tensions between Washington and Beijing remain high.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Sep. 2026

Definition of prosecutions

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The team put in one of their most insipid performances of the campaign that day — a first real sign the wheels may be coming off for Daniel Farke.

— Beren Cross, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
There are only a handful of performances currently scheduled at the Kennedy Center, mainly at the adjacent facility known as the REACH.

— ABC News, ABC News, 5 Sep. 2026

Definition of performances

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The achievements of Newton and the Royal Society are, after all, still celebrated today.

— Dónal Gill, The Dial, 8 Sep. 2026
Often referred to as the Nobel Prize of the Arts, the Praemium Imperiale recognizes exemplary achievements by artists around the world working in painting, sculpture, architecture, music, and theater and film.

— News Desk, Artforum, 8 Sep. 2026

Definition of achievements

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