as in administrative
suited for or relating to the directing of things
the executive skills needed to manage a large business office
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as in manager
a person who manages or directs something
a program that teaches company executives how to better manage their staffs
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Recent Examples of executive
Bill English, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Marc Smerling also serves as executive producer for Truth Podcasting Corp. Series directors include Skogland, Chappelle, and Jim McKay.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 28 May 2025
Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 29 May 2025
Network executives are also looking past the declining pay TV industry — a model that had sustained MSNBC, CNN and Fox News via lucrative carriage deals with cable and satellite providers — to try and reach consumers directly.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
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Adjective
This is why either executive coaching or psychotherapy (or both) can be so valuable to business owners.
—Bill English, Forbes.com, 28 May 2025
Marc Smerling also serves as executive producer for Truth Podcasting Corp. Series directors include Skogland, Chappelle, and Jim McKay.
—Samantha Bergeson, IndieWire, 28 May 2025
Noun
King will executive produce for his GK Films banner alongside Hayley King.
—Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 29 May 2025
Network executives are also looking past the declining pay TV industry — a model that had sustained MSNBC, CNN and Fox News via lucrative carriage deals with cable and satellite providers — to try and reach consumers directly.
—Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 29 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for executive
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The Trump administration’s Department of Government Efficiency has cut as many as 120,000 federal jobs but many workers have been placed on administrative leave, leaving them on U.S. payrolls pending court cases, Morgan Stanley said in a report.—
Paul Davidson,
USA Today,
7 June 2025
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Used over six centuries from roughly 2000 B.C. until 1450 B.C., the Minoan palaces were the main administrative, economic, religious and ideological centers of Crete, says Christakis.—
Bruce Dorminey,
Forbes.com,
7 June 2025
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Turns out, Frost general manager Melissa Caruso and coach Ken Klee couldn’t envision going after a third straight Walter Cup next season without either one.—
Dean Spiros,
Twin Cities,
4 June 2025
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Prior to Tuesday’s matchup, manager Matt Quatraro announced that left-hander Cole Ragans will start in Thursday’s series finale at Busch Stadium.—
Jaylon Thompson,
Kansas City Star,
4 June 2025
Adjective
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And yet, some bosses continue to act out, perpetuating a legacy of managerial tongue-lashings that stretches from Steve Jobs to Gordon Ramsay to Donald Trump.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
6 June 2025
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Managing the nation’s fourth-largest school district requires a specific, narrow managerial skill set and focus, several board members and a former district official told the Tribune.—
Nell Salzman,
Chicago Tribune,
5 June 2025
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Ralph Fiennes’s concierge is the director’s natural surrogate, the behind-the-scenes guy who tends to every detail of the hotel’s operation while going to extraordinary lengths to please the guests, even if that means bedding octogenarians.—
Scott Tobias,
Vulture,
7 June 2025
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For a spa-like feel, Sue Kim, director of color marketing at Valspar, suggests the shade Fragile Blue.—
Maria Sabella,
Better Homes & Gardens,
7 June 2025
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The initial feedback has been overwhelmingly positive, reducing delays, lowering operational costs, and significantly improving job satisfaction among both clinicians and administrators.—
Ray Ravaglia,
Forbes.com,
30 May 2025
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Undercover journalists caught an administrator at UNC bragging about pushing DEI despite it being banned.—
Rebecca Noel,
Charlotte Observer,
29 May 2025
Noun
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The Eagle Mountain-Saginaw school district announced that Wilson was hired to be the next principal at Boswell High School after the current principal, Vaughn Flagler, was hired as assistant superintendent for human resources in the Anna school district.—
Elizabeth Campbell,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
30 May 2025
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While working as the Norfolk County Sheriff’s Office’s assistant deputy superintendent of jail operations, Brady ordered two sheriff’s office maintenance workers to do a variety of jobs at his home, prosecutors said.—
Julia Marnin,
Miami Herald,
28 May 2025
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Police then asked to speak to their supervisor and executed a search warrant with the SWAT and K-9 teams.—
Noelle Alviz-Gransee,
Kansas City Star,
30 May 2025
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Two minutes later, McDougall returned to the screening area and targeted a TSA supervisor, swinging wildly.—
Jasmine Baehr,
FOXNews.com,
30 May 2025
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“Executive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executive. Accessed 10 Jun. 2025.
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