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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As DeSantis continues the rapid pace of executions, following a record year of 19 in 2025, opponents to the death penalty are getting more vocal.—
Jim Turner,
Sun Sentinel,
4 May 2026 -
Thousands of political dissidents across Iran are believed to have been arrested during the war, while executions have surged to their highest level in 30 years.—
Jeronimo Gonzalez,
semafor.com,
4 May 2026
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And the reason for that is most of the AI implementations in bigger companies is agentic.—
Liz Hoffman,
semafor.com,
28 Apr. 2026
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These ongoing cycles of infrastructure investment will pave the way for AI implementations that target processes throughout the organization, from the back office to industrial design to manufacturing and shipping.—
Terrence Curtin,
Fortune,
7 Apr. 2026
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Ashton has also been recognized for several personal athletic accomplishments.—
Matt Emma,
USA Today,
27 Apr. 2026
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Her accomplishments also included a third-place team finish at the International Mixed Pairs and a second-place team finish at the USA-URS Dual Meet in 1987.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
26 Apr. 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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“Pursuances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pursuances. Accessed 10 May. 2026.
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