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  • verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of execute.

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Examples

  • He marries again, and again executes his new wife the next day.

    Campfire Writing: Why Stories are the Writer’s Elemental Tool | Write to Done 2009

  • In short, Virgin executes perfectly on the classic low-cost carrier model that makes airlines like JetBlue so beloved, with even more in the way of personality and panache.

    Unsolicited Testimonial: Virgin America - Anil Dash 2007

  • Load and verify that the call executes successfully.

    MSDN Magazine: RSS Feed 2009

  • This will either be a static function or a function that is local to the EventMap. arguments, constructorArguments: These are arguments to be passed into the method/constructor when the EventHandlers/Injectors tag executes the "action."

    Fullasagoog 2010

  • However, the file that is created is only 1832263680 bytes big for some reason. (1984 bytes less then it is supposed to be) Therefore, fread fails and the table is recalculated every time the program executes, which isn't a desirable situation.

    GameDev.Net 2009

  • The audits are logged only when the particular principal name executes a SELECT statement.

    MSDN Blogs 2009

  • Gaza 35 75 The Islamic terror group, Hamas, 'executes' thirty-five rivals and maims over seventy others over the course of several days.

    On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with... 2009

  • "Best explanation we got" is no explanation here, because in reality MET provides no precise accounts of the creation of things like the flagellum, or how the cell "executes" DNA.

    But it's not Science! 2006

  • When, in response to a question why Iran "executes" homosexuals I think the questioner meant sodomites—or should have if he didn't, the TIC denied there are homosexuals in Iran, the student crowd erupted in laughter.

    Archive 2007-09-01 Mike L 2007

  • When, in response to a question why Iran "executes" homosexuals I think the questioner meant sodomites—or should have if he didn't, the TIC denied there are homosexuals in Iran, the student crowd erupted in laughter.

    Providence, Columbia, and the Thug-in-Chief Mike L 2007

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