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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By Skylar Woodhouse, Bloomberg President Donald Trump said members of his Cabinet would continue discussions with Lip-Bu Tan in the coming days after meeting with the Intel Corp. chief executive officer at the White House on Monday.
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
Intel's chief executive Lip-Bu Tan met with Trump at the White House.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
The chief executive certainly seems to care less about the letter of the law and the orders of judges this time around, though these will still slap him down.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2025
In 2018, when T-Mobile was seeking regulatory approval to acquire Sprint, John Legere, then T-Mobile’s chief executive, was spotted there.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 2025
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Bloomberg, Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2025
Intel's chief executive Lip-Bu Tan met with Trump at the White House.
—Medora Lee, USA Today, 12 Aug. 2025
The chief executive certainly seems to care less about the letter of the law and the orders of judges this time around, though these will still slap him down.
—New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 11 Aug. 2025
In 2018, when T-Mobile was seeking regulatory approval to acquire Sprint, John Legere, then T-Mobile’s chief executive, was spotted there.
—David D. Kirkpatrick, New Yorker, 11 Aug. 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 21 Aug. 2025.
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