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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Donnie King, president and chief executive officer, made the announcement during the company's second-quarter earnings call on May 5.
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Dylan Sherman, Arkansas Online, 21 May 2025
Brian Cornell, chief executive officer, is trying to put a positive spin on the Q1 results; however, the outlook for consumer spending is poor.
—Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Garcia kept on White as chief executive officer to run daily operations in the department.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
Sam Altman, chief executive officer (CEO) of OpenAI and inventor of the AI software ChatGPT, joins the Technical University of Munich (TUM) for a panel discussion.
—Ari Levy, CNBC, 20 May 2025
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Dylan Sherman, Arkansas Online, 21 May 2025
Brian Cornell, chief executive officer, is trying to put a positive spin on the Q1 results; however, the outlook for consumer spending is poor.
—Jon Markman, Forbes.com, 21 May 2025
Garcia kept on White as chief executive officer to run daily operations in the department.
—Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 21 May 2025
Sam Altman, chief executive officer (CEO) of OpenAI and inventor of the AI software ChatGPT, joins the Technical University of Munich (TUM) for a panel discussion.
—Ari Levy, CNBC, 20 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for chief executive
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“Chief executive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20executive. Accessed 25 May. 2025.
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