as in executions
the doing of an action
until recently he has been fully engaged in pursuance of his duties as governor
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Noun
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IndyStar and other media outlets filed a federal lawsuit in May seeking access to executions.—
Kristine Phillips,
IndyStar,
24 Sep. 2025 -
Nine more executions are scheduled in eight states by the end of the year after West's and Milam's, putting the United States on pace to put at least 42 inmates to death, a number that hasn't been seen since 2012.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
23 Sep. 2025
Noun
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All of these implementations are available on OpenFHE, an open-source library that Duality contributes to and helps maintain.—
IEEE Spectrum,
IEEE Spectrum,
23 Sep. 2025
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The Coming Labor Revolution Makes Events Essential The next five years will bring changes that make today’s AI implementations look primitive.—
Shawn Pierce,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
Noun
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One of Vulcan’s early accomplishments was the first use of terrorism charges against an MS-13 leader.—
T. Christian Miller,
ProPublica,
30 Sep. 2025
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The divergent tones belied the consistent accomplishments of each franchise.—
Andy McCullough,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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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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“Pursuances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pursuances. Accessed 1 Oct. 2025.
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