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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Time and time again, people would tell me exactly what had led to their family members’ arrests or executions.—
M. Gessen,
Mercury News,
27 Jan. 2026 -
The Islamic Republic has seen the largest protests against the hardline regime in years, resulting in mass executions of individuals detained by Tehran.—
Peter Suciu,
Forbes.com,
26 Jan. 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
Noun
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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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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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