Correct
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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One of the options is to execute him, though the correct choice is to leave him in jail.
Source: Go-Karting with Bowser - The correct answer is to verify the orders from one's immediate superior, then shut up and execute.
Source: Delegation Relay -
When a man intends to execute a 13-year old for trespass and theft, they stand aside, unable to argue because he did, after all, fill out the correct paperwork to do it.
Source: Vast Bureaucracy
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