execute
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Their work with portfolio companies typically falls into three buckets: helping plan and execute their next fundraise; building and scaling financial operating models; and hiring finance personnel.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 29, 2026
Majeed arranged for Pakistan captain Salman Butt and pace bowlers Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir to execute the no-balls, then the News of the World broke the story while the Test was still ongoing.
From BBC ● Sep. 29, 2026
Nvidia intends to execute on the remaining amount through fiscal year 2028, which ends in January of that year.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 28, 2026
He is dedicated to restoring its reputation and ability to execute government contracts, he continued.
From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026
Luma had to teach her team the basics of organized play—how to execute throw-ins, how to stay onside.
From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John
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The United States rarely executes women, no matter how gruesome their crimes.
From Slate ● Aug. 25, 2026
And whoever executes their gameplan the best will lift the trophy.
From BBC ● Jul. 11, 2026
Citadel executes roughly 35% of all retail order volume in the U.S., making it the largest market maker trading against this cohort.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 1, 2026
Early is so certain of everything he wants his debut film to be, and executes those desires with such consistent dexterity and style that watching “Maddie’s Secret” is akin to seeing someone win the lottery.
From Salon ● Jun. 22, 2026
She executes a perfect curtsey, and then she turns and leaves.
From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern
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Tennessee Governor Bill Lee has denied a clemency request from death row inmate Christa Pike, who is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection on Wednesday.
From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026
Montgomery's legal challenges failed to commute her sentence, and she was executed by lethal injection in Indiana in 2021.
From BBC ● Sep. 26, 2026
But that sunny image took a dark turn Monday as authorities executed search warrants at properties tied to the nonprofit as part of an “animal welfare investigation.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 23, 2026
“If well executed and appropriately funded, owners and customers will share in the returns of this opportunity,” they write in a note.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 17, 2026
Outside the plate glass the world in the mist had become a pencil drawing executed in a dozen different grays with, here and there, a smudge of electric red or pure white.
From "American Gods" by Neil Gaiman
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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
Introduced on Sept. 8, Muse specializes in executing multistep tasks such as finding data across various accounts, filling out web forms, and negotiating and making online purchases.
From MarketWatch ● Sep. 21, 2026
U.S. intelligence agencies have formally accused six Chinese AI firms—including DeepSeek, Moonshot AI, and Alibaba—of executing industrial-scale “distillation” campaigns to extract capabilities from leading American AI models like Claude, ChatGPT, Gemini, and Grok.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 15, 2026
In his pop-eyed hurry to pull bones out of the ground, he tore open the site with a bulldozer and didn’t bother taking notes, sketching maps, or executing profile drawings.
From "1491" by Charles C. Mann
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