The phrase "a number of executions" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to multiple instances of carrying out a process or action, often in a formal or technical context.
Example: "The report detailed a number of executions that were conducted over the past year to improve system efficiency."
Alternatives: "several executions" or "multiple executions".
Chinese courts have been embarrassed in recent years by a number of executions of people who were later proved innocent.
"The idea was to run a number of executions in one book," said Michael Prieve, a creative director at Wieden & Kennedy.
The governor has said he is personally opposed to the death penalty, but he has allowed a number of executions to take place since he took office in 2006.
Mr. Bo made abundant use of the system in Chongqing during his crackdown on criminals and those he deemed political opponents, leading to thousands of arrests and a number of executions.
In this paper, we investigate the information leakage after a number of executions and improve the random user selection approach.
With the blessing of artist Sam Durant, the museum allowed for the destruction of Scaffold a 2012 sculpture resembling the gallows used for a number of executions, including that of 38 Dakota Native Americans in 1862 by the Dakota people who protested its installation in the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden.
Although Mr. Bo has said his wife has long since set aside her career to become a homemaker, he also told People's Daily in 2010 that she provided legal advice for his anticrime crusade in Chongqing that critics say often skirted legal procedure and led to a number of speedy executions.
A number of botched executions lent weight to the prisoners' claim.
The manufacturer, Alvogen, accused the state and its department of corrections of using deception to acquire a supply of Alvogen's midazolam, a sedative used in a number of botched executions.
Across the country, following mounting legal challenges, legislation and a number of botched executions that have sparked national outcry, at least 20 states no longer have the death penalty.
American journalist James Foley is killed by IS in the first of a number of gory execution videos.
