chief executive

noun

: a principal executive: such as
a
: the president of a republic
b
: the governor of a state
c
: ceo

Examples of chief executive in a Sentence

The President is the chief executive of the U.S.
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But Jon Neidich, the chief executive of Golden Age Hospitality, has preserved the divey-ness. Ye Fan, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025 Sarah Fox is chief executive officer of the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness. Sarah Fox, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2025 Joan would also be helping to identify the bodies of his sister's husband, Agustín Escobar, chief executive of Siemens' rail infrastructure division in Spain, and their three young children. Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025 Larry Fink, chief executive officer of BlackRock Inc., at the Berlin Global Dialogue in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024. Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 12 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for chief executive

Word History

First Known Use

1793, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of chief executive was in 1793

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“Chief executive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20executive. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.

Kids Definition

chief executive

noun
: a principal executive: as
a
: the president of a republic
b
: the governor of a state
c
: ceo
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