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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Hikmat Mohammed, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2025
The nation’s chief executive this week threw cold water on a Federal Communications Commission plan to lift the cap on the total stations one broadcasting company may own.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 27 Nov. 2025
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—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
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Hikmat Mohammed, Vogue, 27 Nov. 2025
The nation’s chief executive this week threw cold water on a Federal Communications Commission plan to lift the cap on the total stations one broadcasting company may own.
—Kevin Fixler, Idaho Statesman, 27 Nov. 2025
Abdel Ghaffar was instrumental in bringing Christian Dior‘s historic 2022 men’s show to the Pyramids — a collaboration born when chief executive officer Pietro Beccari attended the first Forever Is Now in 2021.
—Ritu Upadhyay, Footwear News, 26 Nov. 2025
Zhao Changpeng, founder and chief executive officer of Binance, attends the Viva Technology conference dedicated to innovation and startups at Porte de Versailles exhibition center in Paris, France June 16, 2022.
—Kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 25 Nov. 2025
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“Chief executive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20executive. Accessed 2 Dec. 2025.
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