implementations

noun

plural of implementation
as in executions
the doing of an action the implementation of the idea turned out to be harder than its conception

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Recent Examples of implementations Invest in your people's move from execution to oversight because that transition is where most implementations succeed or stall. — Tammy Hawes, Forbes.com, 17 Aug. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for implementations
  1. executions
  2. accomplishments
  3. fulfillments
Noun
  • Global rise Amnesty International said in May that recorded executions worldwide rose 78% in 2025 to 2,707, the highest number documented by the rights group since 1981.
    — CBS News, CBS News, 21 Aug. 2026
  • Iran has also continued its crackdown on the opposition; according to the United Nations, executions of political prisoners and dissidents are surging.
    — Ishaan Tharoor, New Yorker, 20 Aug. 2026
Definition of executions
Noun
  • And they have been pressed in combat -- the number of missions, the accomplishments.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Aug. 2026
  • The Fishback file James Fishback, with no relevant accomplishments or experience, is running a disgracefully racist and antisemitic campaign marked by demeaning attacks on Donalds, who is Black.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 15 Aug. 2026
Definition of accomplishments
Noun
  • 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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