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as in enforced
to carry out effectively
the agency charged with executing the nation's drug laws
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as in performed
to carry through (as a process) to completion
when you execute this dance step, try to keep your arms a little higher
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as in assassinated
to put to death deliberately
during the war those convicted of desertion were summarily executed
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Recent Examples of executed
Especially when executed at a large scale of hundreds of code changes, this becomes a management challenge.
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Mike Waas, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Actual causes Lawyer Gretchen Sween, who joined Roberson's case about two months before he was supposed to be executed in 2016, said she was struck by how little investigators took Nikki's past health issues into consideration.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Texas nearly executed Roberson in 2016, but the process was halted days before by the state's highest criminal court, which allowed a lower court to conduct an evidentiary hearing.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
White, who became the fifth man executed in Texas this year, confessed to murdering five people in a six-year period but prosecutors only pursued charges for the teenage girls.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
Garcia Glenn White was executed by lethal injection in Texas on Tuesday for the murder of 16-year-old identical twin sisters 35 years ago.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
In January 2024, the first aerial survey of Antarctica's Astrolabe Island in 40 years, executed on board Viking Octantis in partnership with research watch group Oceanites, revealed a new chinstrap penguin colony on nearby Diaz Rock.
—Stefanie Waldek, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Oct. 2024
When executed against timely research and scaled through advertising, insights can be gathered as late as Thanksgiving and still give retailers a powerful way to attract new shoppers.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
The 1980s aesthetic around Joan is also richly executed.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024
Mike Waas, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
Actual causes Lawyer Gretchen Sween, who joined Roberson's case about two months before he was supposed to be executed in 2016, said she was struck by how little investigators took Nikki's past health issues into consideration.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
Texas nearly executed Roberson in 2016, but the process was halted days before by the state's highest criminal court, which allowed a lower court to conduct an evidentiary hearing.
—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 3 Oct. 2024
White, who became the fifth man executed in Texas this year, confessed to murdering five people in a six-year period but prosecutors only pursued charges for the teenage girls.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
Garcia Glenn White was executed by lethal injection in Texas on Tuesday for the murder of 16-year-old identical twin sisters 35 years ago.
—Amanda Lee Myers, USA TODAY, 2 Oct. 2024
In January 2024, the first aerial survey of Antarctica's Astrolabe Island in 40 years, executed on board Viking Octantis in partnership with research watch group Oceanites, revealed a new chinstrap penguin colony on nearby Diaz Rock.
—Stefanie Waldek, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 Oct. 2024
When executed against timely research and scaled through advertising, insights can be gathered as late as Thanksgiving and still give retailers a powerful way to attract new shoppers.
—Gary Drenik, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
The 1980s aesthetic around Joan is also richly executed.
—Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 2 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for executed
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As for how compliance is enforced, hospitals are typically given warnings instead of fines.Jade Gomez, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
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Please consider supporting our work to make sure that period product access legislation is enforced in all 29 states, and gets written, passed and enforced correctly in the 21 others.Suzanne Herman, refinery29.com, 2 Oct. 2024
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Latin music icon Marc Anthony performed and executive produced a special segment with salsa great Sergio George to pay homage to the tropical music genre.Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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The tribute was performed by Reik, Leonel García, Alejandro Fernández, David Bisbal and Carlos Rivera.Nicole Acevedo, NBC News, 15 Nov. 2024
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Several pro-war Russian figures have been assassinated since the start of the war in operations Moscow blamed on Ukraine, including journalist Darya Dugina, war blogger Vladlen Tatarsky and former submarine commander Stanislav Rzhitsky.Artem Grudinin, NBC News, 13 Nov. 2024
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Then-Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was assassinated in 2022 while making a speech for a ruling party candidate during a parliamentary election.Yuri Kageyama, Los Angeles Times, 19 Oct. 2024
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One that pops up repeatedly is getting from point A to point B, getting things accomplished.Dr. Rina Koshkina, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2024
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The regular season will be the true test, but the Warriors have accomplished much of their objectives in the preseason.Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 18 Oct. 2024
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Their father had been murdered in their home, which was then looted and burnt to the ground.Angelina Jolie, TIME, 4 Oct. 2024
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Popular on Variety Chico Mendes, who was murdered by a rancher in 1988, is an international symbol of the struggle to protect the Amazon Rainforest.Marcelo Cajueiro, Variety, 4 Oct. 2024
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The team also discovered that about 15% of adults fulfilled the criteria for functional iron deficiency, which occurs when the iron in the body is stored away but not readily available for use.Lauryn Higgins, Health, 4 Oct. 2024
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For Landry, who was elected on an anti-crime platform, the law’s passage fulfilled a campaign pledge.ProPublica, ProPublica, 3 Oct. 2024
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The top 10 were all white men (shocker), but four Black billionaires made the list this year, too.Zoya Hasan, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2024
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The discovery was made by an anonymous treasure hunter who had successfully solved the complex puzzles the hunt’s creator set out.Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 4 Oct. 2024
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“Executed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executed. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.
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