as in executive
a person who manages or directs something
a restaurant where the city's top execs like to have power lunches
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Recent Examples of exec
Continue reading … ‘IN A GOOD POSITION’ – Ford exec says automaker is working with Trump on tariffs.
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FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025
We're also introduced to Josh Brolin's villainous TV exec, Dan Killian, and Colman Domingo's flamboyant host, Bobby Thompson.
—EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Here’s why Extreme trade and immigration policies could slow growth and fuel stagflation, strategist warns
How investors can navigate the Sam Altman vs. Elon Musk feud, according to a Deutsche Bank exec
Donald Trump wants a sovereign wealth fund.
—Nyse, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2025
We are increasingly surveilled, our content is being fed to AI that then spits slop back out, and tech execs are hostile to our very existence.
—James Factora, Them., 28 Mar. 2025
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FOXNews.com, 7 Apr. 2025
We're also introduced to Josh Brolin's villainous TV exec, Dan Killian, and Colman Domingo's flamboyant host, Bobby Thompson.
—EW.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Here’s why Extreme trade and immigration policies could slow growth and fuel stagflation, strategist warns
How investors can navigate the Sam Altman vs. Elon Musk feud, according to a Deutsche Bank exec
Donald Trump wants a sovereign wealth fund.
—Nyse, Quartz, 2 Apr. 2025
We are increasingly surveilled, our content is being fed to AI that then spits slop back out, and tech execs are hostile to our very existence.
—James Factora, Them., 28 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exec
Noun
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The former sports executive was involved in the 2011 decision to hire former Princeton coach Guy Gadowsky as Penn State’s head coach.—
Eric Jackson,
Sportico.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Page most recently served as the President of Television for Heyday Television, an international subsidiary of NBCUniversal, where he executive produced the Peacock series Apples Never Fall, based on the Liane Moriarty book and starring Annette Benning, Sam Neill, Alison Brie and Jake Lacey.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
10 Apr. 2025
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Even as recently as 2019, as Fontenot was becoming the Saints’ assistant general manager, only six combined first- and second-round prospects had transferred.—
Nick Kosmider,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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Shero viewed the manager role as a custodian of a city’s hockey franchise — a team, but also a family.—
Rob Rossi,
New York Times,
10 Apr. 2025
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With Damon Evans leaving Maryland to become SMU’s athletic director, the Terps need a new person to lead their athletic department.—
Taylor Lyons,
Baltimore Sun,
22 Mar. 2025
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Replicating the magic of Robin Williams is an impossible task, so director Guy Ritchie’s live-action Aladdin wisely went in a totally different direction by casting Will Smith as their version of the Genie.—
Staff Author,
EW.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Some administrators have privately seethed at the proposal, cynical at the motives of the power countries.—
Tristan Lavalette,
Forbes.com,
10 Apr. 2025
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Ostensibly, all of these actions were taken because of the university administrators' approach to protests about the conflict in Gaza, which the administration has characterized as allowing antisemitism.—
John Timmer,
ArsTechnica,
9 Apr. 2025
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Head was a plumber and moved up the ranks to superintendent.—
Shambhavi Rimal,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
8 Apr. 2025
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In autumn cooling temperatures push superintendents into a transition mode, preparing their courses for frost and snow.—
Renny Vandewege,
Forbes.com,
8 Apr. 2025
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“Exec.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exec. Accessed 20 Apr. 2025.
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