execute
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But the numbers and conviction may not be enough—IBM needs to execute to build investor confidence in the outlook, the analysts say.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 24, 2026
“Results were relatively in-line with our revised forecast post-preannouncement, with better than expected guidance for the full year, but IBM now needs to execute to build investor confidence in the outlook,” strategists at J.P.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 23, 2026
Chief financial officer Doug Lafferty said in a statement: "This new £550m debt financing significantly strengthens our liquidity, providing us with both additional resilience and further flexibility to execute our current and future product plans."
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
Initially, the prototype could follow simple voice commands to execute tasks across apps, including ordering food and comparing shopping prices.
From Barron's ● Jul. 19, 2026
“You didn’t execute the game plan, Finley. I had to bench you. Would’ve done the same thing to any other player.”
From "Boy21" by Matthew Quick
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And whoever executes their gameplan the best will lift the trophy.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
One of the others is the Brick, that little piece of plastic that has exactly one job—to make my phone stop working in distracting ways—and executes it to perfection.
From Slate ● Jun. 10, 2026
As credit costs moderate, loan growth revives and the bank executes on its liability and cost strategy, ROAs and ROEs should improve.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
He said that Schulman’s focus on cost-cutting and simplifying plans for customers could help inject stability into the business if Verizon executes well.
From MarketWatch ● Apr. 2, 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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“I really executed every option, and when I was devastated, I saw Gianni again at the UFC fight,” she says.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
The Supreme Court told us in Slaughter that the president’s constitutional duty is to take care that the laws be faithfully executed.
From Slate ● Jul. 13, 2026
Completed buybacks — not just authorized repurchases but ones that are actually executed — are also running at a record pace, according to Rubin.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 10, 2026
Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be executed in the UK, has been granted a posthumous conditional pardon.
From BBC ● Jul. 8, 2026
In many cases, whether you lived free or were sent to prison or were executed depended simply on whether the person who tried you was in the right mood.
From "A Thousand Sisters" by Elizabeth Wein
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Unified’s revised plan must identify “the exact actions, responsible departments, timelines and measurable performance metrics for executing each proposed expenditure reduction or revenue enhancement,” Duardo’s letter said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 17, 2026
There’s an art to executing the perfect “soft” off day.
From MarketWatch ● Jun. 30, 2026
The FTC, the court said, “unquestionably exercises executive power,” its work the very essence of executing the law.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2026
Despite his superstar status, he made long and intense recovery runs before executing perfectly timed slide tackles to stop dangerously fast breaks.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2026
It felt like I was executing something in between a karate move and calypso dance.
From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad
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