execute
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Trian believes the company requires significant capital investments and that the complex, multiyear turnaround it requires would be easier to execute as a private company, they said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 28, 2026
“The business requires significant capital investment to de-lever and execute the strategic initiatives needed to turn system performance around,” he added.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 28, 2026
Even if he is defeated on Tuesday, Mr. Netanyahu could decide to launch one last strike that he may believe his successor would hesitate to execute.
From Salon ● Oct. 27, 2026
The PHP Foundation, the non-profit which maintains the programming language, warned this meant that, under the right conditions, an unauthenticated attacker would be able to remotely execute code on servers running PHP.
From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026
“As long as Hagrid keeps his head this time, and argues his case properly, they can’t possibly execute Buckbeak...”
From "Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban" by J.K. Rowling
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“Advertisers provide initial inputs, including budget and duration, and Amazon’s AI plans, executes, and continually optimizes the rest,” he said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 30, 2026
USC executes yet another belly flop against a top opponent, and Gary Patterson’s vaunted defense is giving up more than 35 points per game in the Big Ten.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026
Citadel Securities says it executes approximately 35% of all U.S.-listed retail trading volume, making it the largest by market share.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 2, 2026
Indeed, Vought and Paoletta are close allies—Vought executes the dubious budgetary procedures; Paoletta handles the legal arguments.
From Slate ● Aug. 4, 2026
She leaps from her perch, deploys a tiny parachute, and executes a soft landing—straddling the thrumming ray gun as if it was a bucking bronco.
From "Dog Squad" by Chris Grabenstein
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Both teams executed trades with the Indianapolis Colts.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 29, 2026
They’re excellently executed, but they feel familiar — planes and spacecraft spread across several levels accompanied by oversize graphics and hands-on displays.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 27, 2026
Early inspiration for the movie came from an unpublished play written by poet Federico Garcia Lorca, who was executed by fascist forces at the beginning of the Spanish Civil War in 1936.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2026
According to Amnesty International, the country has executed around 100 people this year, many of whom are foreigners convicted of drug offences.
From BBC ● Oct. 19, 2026
Magic was dead, the Fae were banished or executed, and she would never again have anything to do with the rise and fall of kingdoms.
From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas
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A Pentagon office has been tasked with someday executing the financial transaction to capitalize on the U.S. government’s 35% share in the venture.
From Salon ● Oct. 23, 2026
The “Falstaffian” Gato stars in many of the book’s short, thoughtful chapters, now listening to Maria Callas on the stereo, now executing a death-defying stroll between adjacent balconies.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026
The flagship GPT-6 Astra agentic model was released in September and specialises in complex reasoning and executing tasks autonomously.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Federal prosecutors said in court filings that, although DEA agents were “briefed on the operation before and after it occurred,” they were “not involved” in planning or executing the raid.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
All three of us had trained as soldiers and we probably had the best chance of actually executing an escape.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
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