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Notaries public, meanwhile, have both ethical and legal duties to refuse notarization if they believe a signer does not understand the nature or consequences of the document they are executing.

From MarketWatch • May 25, 2026

Centcom said more than a dozen warships are executing the mission, which the U.S. can sustain.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 14, 2026

But eventually they show they are executing on their plan, and that’s when they start to take off.

From Barron's • Nov. 14, 2025

“We are executing the largest network reconfiguration in UPS history,” the company said in a statement.

From Los Angeles Times • May 3, 2025

You say men ought to be hung for the way they are executing the law; I say that the way it is being executed is quite as good as any of its antecedents.

From Speeches and Letters of Abraham Lincoln, 1832-1865 by Lincoln, Abraham