How to Use execution in a Sentence

execution

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  • The quarterback's execution of the play was perfect.
  • He is in prison awaiting execution.
  • The state has not set an execution date for Apanovitch.
    — Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 10 Dec. 2022
  • The execution of Alan Eugene Miller was called off on Sept. 22.
    — Mike Cason | McAson@al.com, al, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The agency said the execution was carried out Monday morning in Mashhad.
    — Landon Mion, Fox News, 12 Dec. 2022
  • Subramaniam believes a leader’s job is to build the right leadership team for execution.
    — Sasha Rogelberg, Fortune, 28 Oct. 2024
  • Injuries didn’t help but a lack of execution more significantly led to a continued inability to stop the run and seize games there to be taken.
    — Staff Writer follow, Los Angeles Times, 17 Dec. 2022
  • Mazzulla dismissed the idea of a Golden State hangover, but all the signs were there: lack of vigor, lack of focus, lack of execution.
    — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Dec. 2022
  • The most recent execution in Oregon was in 1997 by lethal injection.
    — Alexandra Meeks, CNN, 14 Dec. 2022
  • This particular execution of the Lange 1 is rather unexpected thanks to the small details.
    — Allen Farmelo, Robb Report, 24 Oct. 2024
  • The Celtics still have the best record in the NBA, but they were taught a valuable lesson about game-planning, execution, and resilience.
    — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Dec. 2022
  • The design process — not the design itself — will be standardized, helping the brands learn from one another and establish the smoothest possible path from idea to execution.
    — Evan Clark, WWD, 30 Oct. 2024
  • His execution sparked condemnation from the United States and Germany.
    — Benjamin Brown, CNN, 28 Oct. 2024
  • The execution would be the 12th in the U.S. this year, and the third in Missouri.
    — Jim Salter, ajc, 6 June 2023
  • The execution is the second at the Bonne Terre prison in nearly two months, and is the 16th in the U.S. this year.
    — Louis Casiano, Fox News, 1 Aug. 2023
  • The point isn’t the plot but the mad precision of the execution.
    — Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 1 Aug. 2024
  • But the tape of the execution does not record those details.
    — Denise Lavoie and Sarah Rankin, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Mar. 2023
  • The new law required that all executions in the state take place in San Quentin Prison.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Mar. 2023
  • Here's what to know about Burton's execution, his last words, the case and the victim.
    — Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 8 Aug. 2024
  • White was the sixth person killed via execution in the United States in the span of 11 days, according to the AP.
    — Sean Neumann, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • The secret is that while the core vision remained, the execution would adapt to new thinking and new times.
    — Dave Sirulnick, Variety, 16 May 2023
  • The first execution, of Robert Fratta, is set for Jan. 10.
    — Juan A. Lozano, Chron, 3 Jan. 2023
  • Like, is just the planning phase of something the creative work, and then the execution, is that still creative work?
    — Julia Felsenthal, New York Times, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The pocket and the maturity, the style of rapping, the beats, the execution, the confidence.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Here is a look at the status of firing squads in the United States: When was the last execution by firing squad?
    — Michael Tarm, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
  • The Giants have had their chances, but poor execution has often sunk the team in big moments.
    — C.j. Doon, Baltimore Sun, 2 Jan. 2024
  • Along the way they were robbed, handcuffed and threatened with execution.
    — Declan Walsh, New York Times, 5 May 2023
  • This aids tremendously in the execution of tasks and leaves me feeling less stressed.
    — Steve Milo, Forbes, 6 Feb. 2023
  • The real-life overtones may not be funny, but the execution is.
    — James Poniewozik, New York Times, 29 Feb. 2024
  • During the hostage ordeal, Hamas threatened to kill the captives one by one and film the executions if their demands were not met.
    — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 20 Oct. 2023

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