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execution

[ek-si-kyoo-shuhn] / ˌɛk sɪˈkju ʃən /




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“Dali will turn what we’ve learned into repeatable execution as we build out the full system to make AI broadly useful for people and businesses,” OpenAI President Greg Brockman said in a statement.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

"We'll get plenty of learning out of that. I felt like everyone was trying really hard but we just didn't get some of the execution right. We threw plenty at it, probably too much."

From BBC Aug. 13, 2026

Governor Bill Lee, who granted Carruthers a one-year reprieve after the failed execution, has said that Carruthers' execution was not botched.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

“Further upside exists, but execution must catch up after a strong re-rating,” Macquarie says.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 12, 2026

In art, conception and execution go hand in hand and are so completely interdependent that they cannot be separated from each other.

From "History of Art, Volume 1" by H.W. Janson

No federal executions have been carried out since he signed it, however.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Four of them - California, Ohio, Oregon and Pennsylvania - have paused executions through executive actions, as issues of botched executions, discrimination and cost have come to the forefront.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Thursday's planned executions are occurring amid a steady decline of support for the death penalty.

From BBC Aug. 12, 2026

Indonesia has some of the world's toughest anti-drug laws, including the death penalty for traffickers, but has maintained a moratorium on executions for several years.

From Barron's Jul. 31, 2026

It was impossible, in spite of the endless arrests and confessions and executions, to be sure that the Brotherhood was not simply a myth.

From "1984" by George Orwell




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