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execute

[ek-si-kyoot] / ˈɛk sɪˌkjut /




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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

Investors are piling into the hardware providers supplying the AI build-out, rather than the megacap companies shelling out billions to execute it.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 9, 2026

It sounds like you know what to do, but are also aware of how stressful it will be to execute.

From MarketWatch Jun. 30, 2026

Healthcare, industrials, and financials are the market’s three leading sectors over the past month as investors execute a quiet rotation out of tech and artificial intelligence names.

From Barron's Jun. 29, 2026

I was given methods and approaches to attack or defend and was told to execute these moves with speed and strength.

From "Proud" by Ibtihaj Muhammad

Analysts at Oppenheimer led by Colin Rusch said they “continue to be encouraged by the company’s capital efficiency as it executes against growth initiatives while buying back stock.”

From MarketWatch Jul. 22, 2026

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

Verizon’s VZ -0.39%decrease; red down pointing triangle head of its consumer division, Sowmyanarayan Sampath, is stepping down, marking the latest shake-up as the company executes a strategic turnaround.

From The Wall Street Journal Feb. 5, 2026

She executes a perfect curtsey, and then she turns and leaves.

From "The Night Circus" by Erin Morgenstern

The Army contract, if executed at or near its full $500 million, would be the service’s largest-ever contract for small FPV drones.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 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

The army said the children and staff were rescued following "carefully planned and executed" operations alongside intelligence agencies, police and local vigilante groups.

From Barron's Jul. 11, 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

Lieutenant Uhura, portrayed by the actress Nichelle Nichols, executed her duties with aplomb, managing the ship’s communications with other ships and planets.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

“Our second-quarter results were defined by a fuel spike outside our control – but underneath it, this company is executing better than ever,” Chief Executive Officer Ben Minicucci said.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 21, 2026

Multiple news outlets and a former federal immigration official said the order allows for exceptions if officers are executing a criminal warrant and working with partner law enforcement agencies.

From Los Angeles Times Jul. 14, 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

But when it comes to executing plans, well, that’s for ninjas.

From "As Brave As You" by Jason Reynolds




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