pursuances

noun

plural of pursuance
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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  1. executions
  2. implementations
  3. accomplishments
  4. fulfillments
Noun
  • Prior to 2020, just three executions had been carried out since 1988.
    — Conor Wight, CBS News, 7 Aug. 2026
  • One user request now triggers chains of model calls, tool executions, retrieval steps and recursive planning loops.
    — Srikanta Datta, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026
Definition of executions
Noun
  • But in the long term, continued progress and real-world implementations matter more than the current product demonstrations.
    — Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
Definition of implementations
Noun
  • The two encouraged one another privately, celebrated each other’s accomplishments and eventually became fixtures in each other’s lives.
    — Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 8 Aug. 2026
  • Beyond the plagiarism allegations, Cofnas also raised doubt about Arday's background and personal accomplishments.
    — Inaya Folarin Iman, CBS News, 6 Aug. 2026
Definition of accomplishments
Noun
  • If everything else goes to plan, Tentsile will begin early fulfillment deliveries in May and standard fulfillments in August.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 25 Mar. 2026
  • 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
Definition of fulfillments
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“Pursuances.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pursuances. Accessed 11 Aug. 2026.

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