as in executions
the doing of an action
oversaw the prosecution of the president's foreign policy
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Recent Examples of prosecutions
Importantly, these prosecutions don’t extend to the workers, Dolette says.
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Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Pita’s party was particularly popular with Thailand’s youth, who have taken to the streets in recent years clamoring for widespread reform, only to see their movements silenced by prosecutions and their political leaders stymied.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
The Wicked Town case was one of two major gang prosecutions to run into trouble recently for similar reasons — both before Durkin.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Tracking how many of the homicide arrests in San Jose’s three-year 100% window have resulted in convictions is challenging in part because homicide prosecutions often take years to complete, and don’t often end within the same calendar year of the killing.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Mangione remains detained without bail as both federal and state prosecutions move forward.
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Trump made restoring the death penalty a major campaign issue last fall, and his attorney general, Pam Bondi, has been pursuing more use of the death penalty in federal prosecutions.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Nearly every case that once threatened his presidency is now tied up in appellate courts or, in the case of federal prosecutions, has been abandoned altogether.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2025
The White House also picked up a $400 million stake in rare-earth miner MP Materials earlier this year and has its strategic bitcoin reserve, stocked with crypto seized from criminal prosecutions.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Christine Ro, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2025
Pita’s party was particularly popular with Thailand’s youth, who have taken to the streets in recent years clamoring for widespread reform, only to see their movements silenced by prosecutions and their political leaders stymied.
—Helen Regan, CNN Money, 5 Sep. 2025
The Wicked Town case was one of two major gang prosecutions to run into trouble recently for similar reasons — both before Durkin.
—Jason Meisner, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Tracking how many of the homicide arrests in San Jose’s three-year 100% window have resulted in convictions is challenging in part because homicide prosecutions often take years to complete, and don’t often end within the same calendar year of the killing.
—Robert Salonga, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
Mangione remains detained without bail as both federal and state prosecutions move forward.
—Emma Marsden, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Aug. 2025
Trump made restoring the death penalty a major campaign issue last fall, and his attorney general, Pam Bondi, has been pursuing more use of the death penalty in federal prosecutions.
—Rebecca Morin, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2025
Nearly every case that once threatened his presidency is now tied up in appellate courts or, in the case of federal prosecutions, has been abandoned altogether.
—Kaelan Deese, The Washington Examiner, 26 Aug. 2025
The White House also picked up a $400 million stake in rare-earth miner MP Materials earlier this year and has its strategic bitcoin reserve, stocked with crypto seized from criminal prosecutions.
—Rohan Goswami, semafor.com, 26 Aug. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for prosecutions
Noun
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The state resumed executions in 2025 and carried out a nitrogen-hypoxia execution in March, the first in Louisiana after a years-long pause.—
Billal Rahman,
MSNBC Newsweek,
4 Sep. 2025
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There’s incredible technological developments around better screens, better signage, anamorphic billboards—really cool, fun executions that stand out and are bigger and bolder than anything else.—
Megan Poinski,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Proud of your gifts and accomplishments?—
USA TODAY,
USA Today,
8 Sep. 2025
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Be prepared to share recent accomplishments that support your request to be promoted.—
Roberta Matuson,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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These include several talks that showed UCIe chiplet interconnect implementations, SRAM and DRAM improvements from Marvell and Rapidus’s success with their 2nm semiconductor fab.—
Thomas Coughlin,
Forbes.com,
3 Sep. 2025
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There very possibly will be vulnerabilities discovered in either the FIDO spec or various implementations of it.—
Dan Goodin,
ArsTechnica,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Prosecutions.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/prosecutions. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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