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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The previous state record had been eight executions.—
Amanda Lee Myers,
USA Today,
24 Feb. 2026 -
The state has only carried out two executions since 2022, when Democrat Katie Hobbs was elected governor.—
Lizzie Lanuza,
StyleCaster,
19 Feb. 2026
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Traditional Quantum Key Distribution (QKD) addresses this, but standard implementations require the user to verify that the hardware functions exactly as specified by the manufacturer.—
Aman Tripathi,
Interesting Engineering,
5 Feb. 2026
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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
Noun
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Each candidate framed their campaign around conservative credentials, but differed in emphasis — from legislative accomplishments and law enforcement priorities to litigation experience and ideological positioning.—
S.E. Jenkins,
CBS News,
24 Feb. 2026
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His column is blind to the differences between the two parties and to the accomplishments of recent Democratic administrations.—
Colin Cepuran,
Harpers Magazine,
24 Feb. 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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