as in execution
the doing of an action
oversaw the prosecution of the president's foreign policy
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Recent Examples of prosecution
Her prosecution unfolded over more than three years.
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2026
If the law on using a person’s name in a scheme to thwart action by a public agency is not clear enough to support prosecutions, then the law needs to be tightened up — and there is legislation, Senate Bill 1159, aiming to do that.
—Mary Nichols, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
Just last week, during the No Kings rally at the Boston Common, Campbell directly asked state residents to utilize the portal in order for her office to carry out prosecutions of federal agents.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
The bureau referred 27 cases for possible criminal prosecution to district attorneys in 2025, a ninefold increase from 2023.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2026
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Edmund H. Mahony, Hartford Courant, 8 Apr. 2026
If the law on using a person’s name in a scheme to thwart action by a public agency is not clear enough to support prosecutions, then the law needs to be tightened up — and there is legislation, Senate Bill 1159, aiming to do that.
—Mary Nichols, Mercury News, 8 Apr. 2026
Just last week, during the No Kings rally at the Boston Common, Campbell directly asked state residents to utilize the portal in order for her office to carry out prosecutions of federal agents.
—Tim Dunn, Boston Herald, 6 Apr. 2026
The bureau referred 27 cases for possible criminal prosecution to district attorneys in 2025, a ninefold increase from 2023.
—Joe Rubin, Sacbee.com, 6 Apr. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosecution
Noun
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This means that if qubit A is in state 0 and qubit B is in state 1, after the execution of the swap gate, qubit A will be in state 1 and qubit B in state 0.—
Georgina Jedikovska,
Interesting Engineering,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Nuggets have won six games involving clutch time during the streak, correcting a trend of fourth-quarter execution issues.—
Bennett Durando,
Denver Post,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Data readiness, security, integrations, workflow redesign, and building human skills remain stubborn bottlenecks for true AI implementation.—
Omar Abbosh,
Fortune,
6 Apr. 2026
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Data shows red light cameras greatly reduce the number of serious crashes at high-risk intersections, but state laws have complicated their implementation in North Carolina.—
Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
6 Apr. 2026
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Pipkins is charged with kidnapping and first-degree murder in perpetration of a kidnapping.—
KC Baker,
PEOPLE,
28 Oct. 2025
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People around the world were decrying the perpetration of a genocide.—
Isaac Chotiner,
New Yorker,
16 Oct. 2025
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The temporary charge is effective April 17 for many of the sellers who use Amazon’s fulfillment services, the online behemoth confirmed.—
Boston Herald Wire Services,
Boston Herald,
5 Apr. 2026
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The temporary charge is effective April 17 for many of the sellers who use Amazon’s fulfillment services, the online behemoth confirmed to The Associated Press in an email Thursday.—
Anne D'Innocenzio,
Fortune,
4 Apr. 2026
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“Prosecution.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosecution. Accessed 11 Apr. 2026.
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