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How to use the word EXECUTE in a Sentence?

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Yet to execute you … it can be now 8-4? That’s just unheard of, no other state in the country has ever done that other than Florida.

Maria DeLiberato

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Their ability to execute literally flawlessly under that amount of stress while somebody trying to murder them and their children, that is what made the difference here.

Brink Fidler

Found on CNN
1 year ago

That is the end of capital punishment in this state. When you execute an innocent man, knowingly execute an innocent man, you know there will be no more capital punishment in this state and possibly anywhere else in this country.

Josh Shapiro

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There’s no drama in our administration, there’s no palace intrigue. (My staffers) basically just sit back and say, ‘OK, what’s the governor going to do next?’ And we roll out and we execute.

Ron DeSantis

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Unexpected definitely happens quite often, the good thing is that we prepare for that on Earth. We have a team of folks that train us to … execute whatever procedure that the ground has us needing to execute. … A crew really needs to work together. You need to know when it’s time to lead and when it’s time to follow when we work together to execute some of these off-nominal procedures.

Nicole Mann

Found on CNN
1 year ago

You’re not going to be suspicious of someone who is well-spoken, educated, gentile… He sort of disarms people with those skills so that he can execute those frauds.

Bruno Simões

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Gov. DeSantis was able to execute a historically efficient response to Hurricane Ian because of his directives for a massive preemptive staging effort, enhanced state agency cooperation, and his insistence in being on the ground in the most affected areas after the storm.

Bryan Griffin

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It takes inmates like Justin Jones to really balance out and be mentors to younger inmates who probably will get out at some point, i don't think it would serve the best interest of the state of Oklahoma to execute Mr. James Coddington.

Justin Jones

Found on CNN
2 years ago

When a state or the federal government makes a commitment to execute people in bulk, to do it over a period of time in a way that doesn't give it a lot of time to adjust to errors and problems, that political momentum is often hard to resist.

Austin Sarat

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Blockades are hard to execute and long to implement. This exercise is not that.

Alessio Patalano

Found on CNN
2 years ago

The official announcement( of the blockade) refers to just a few days, which would make it hard to qualify it on practical terms to a blockade, blockades are hard to execute and long to implement. This exercise is not that.

Alessio Patalano

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Unfortunately I get so annoyed these days when I miss it. It's not that I want to be a sore loser, But I just am so competitive that it is frustrating to me when we don't execute perfectly, that's the way my mind works. So I was very motivated to get the race win.

Josef Newgarden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I don’t think I figured him out, i think I just executed the pitches that I wanted to execute today, and I think we sequenced better than we did last time.

Gerrit Cole

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

It raises real questions about whether this structure is fair and best promotes competition, why not allow all venues to have an equal opportunity to execute at sub-penny increments ?

Gary Gensler

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I was really proud of them, but I am proud of them, it was great. Good stuff. Great growing experience for them against a hell of a team. Like I said before, Taylor and his staff have done a fantastic job. That team competes hard, they execute really well, maybe better than most anybody in the league, so that is a fine performance for us tonight.

Gregg Popovich

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We've got to execute a plan by getting off the couch, taking it one step at a time, starting with that one small thing — and believing God will take us exactly where He wants us to go.

Charley Jauss

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We can sit there and wait for the clouds to open and the dove to fly down and for the Lord to speak to us out of the clouds, we've got to execute a plan by getting off the couch, taking it one step at a time, starting with that one small thing — and believing God will take us exactly where He wants us to go.

Charley Jauss

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I ’m really proud of our effort and our ability to stay together and execute down the stretch, their defense was very good and they made us earn everything.

Kevin McGuff

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

The former Virginia Parole Board repeatedly broke the law when they released cop killers, murderers, rapists, and child abductors early, without notifying the victims, under the previous administration, we saw criminals put ahead of victims. This political stunt effectively ended parole in Virginia, hurting potential parolees, victims, their families, and our criminal justice system.I am confident Governor Youngkin’s nominees would hold the Parole Board to a higher standard, execute their jobs with professionalism, and serve Virginians well. The political games over the parole board must stop.

Jason Miyares

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He definitely miscalculated and now he feels that he’s trapped because he has to execute this operation and reach his goal.

Rebekah Koffler

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

This application seeks relief from a preliminary injunction that usurps the Navy's authority to decide which servicemembers should be deployed to execute some of the military's most sensitive and dangerous missions.

Elizabeth Prelogar

Found on CNN
2 years ago

They’re scary motherf-----s to get involved with, we know they killed [Washington Post contributor Jamal] Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay. Knowing all of this, why would I even consider it? Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates.

Phil Mickelson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

They’re scary … to get involved with, we know they killed [ Washington Post columnistJamal ] Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay. Knowing all of this, why would I even consider it ? Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates.

Phil Mickelson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We know they killed (Washington Post columnist Jamal) Khashoggi and have a horrible record on human rights. They execute people over there for being gay, knowing all of this, why would I even consider it? Because this is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to reshape how the PGA Tour operates.

Phil Mickelson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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