as in executions
the doing of an action
the perpetration of a series of pranks that resulted in an expulsion from school
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The place was used for wild beast hunts, public executions, and gladiator fights for several hundred years, then became a condo of sorts as medieval Romans made their homes in the hulking ruins.—
Katie Parla,
Condé Nast Traveler,
9 Feb. 2026 -
Amid the current crackdown, there are grave concerns that authorities will resort to swift sham trials and arbitrary executions of the protestors, to intimidate people who might dissent.—
Hamid Kashani,
Twin Cities,
5 Feb. 2026
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Drake Maye wasn’t the biggest eater at any party where his brothers were involved, and he often got overshadowed in his early years by their accomplishments.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
3 Feb. 2026
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For someone whose career was cut short due to head injuries and health concerns, Luke Kuechly crammed a lot of records and accomplishments into his eight seasons.—
Joseph Person,
New York Times,
2 Feb. 2026
Noun
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In addition to poor implementations of AI creating new problems rather than solutions to old problems, AI can also create new risks.—
TerDawn DeBoe,
Forbes.com,
29 Jan. 2026
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One is the sorting out of the major policy implementations.—
Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson,
semafor.com,
23 Jan. 2026
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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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“Perpetrations.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/perpetrations. Accessed 10 Feb. 2026.
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