PURSUANCES Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

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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Noun

Following the execution attempt, Lee halted Tennessee's remaining executions for the year and ordered an independent review of what went wrong.

— Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 29 Oct. 2026
Sarah Kimani, Amnesty International’s media manager, told the AP in a January interview that the organization’s research documents summary executions, torture, abductions and rape by both government forces and the OLA.

— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Oct. 2026

Definition of executions

Noun

Most current implementations still require your approval before the agent finalizes an order.

— Lauren Schuster, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2026
This is especially true given the vast number of Android apps on the Google Play Store that already support desktop implementations.

— Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of implementations

Noun

That more than three hundred thousand packages are delivered somewhere in the world every minute of every day is a monument to his accomplishments.

— Marc Levinson, Fortune, 25 Oct. 2026
In her new role, Danielle will help celebrate her aunt's life and accomplishments while offering a personal perspective on the woman behind the music, according to a press release announcing the appointment.

— ABC News, ABC News, 24 Oct. 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

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