exec

noun

ex·​ec ig-ˈzek How to pronounce exec (audio)

Examples of exec in a Sentence

a restaurant where the city's top execs like to have power lunches
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The exodus of Apple’s AI execs included Ruoming Pang, former head of Apple’s foundation models and core generative AI team, who joined Meta with a compensation package reportedly worth $200 million. Jason Ma, Fortune, 15 Nov. 2025 Below Deck is exec produced by Lauren Simms, Krystel Noltenius, Mark Cronin, Tania Hamidi, Julie Pizzi, Zachary Klein and Farnaz Farjam. Peter White, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025 The clip teases interviews with Reggie Watts, Alan Ruck (who played Cameron in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off), music exec Merck Mercuriadis, as well as Meier and Blank. Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 13 Nov. 2025 The ad exec had 12 proposals and three backups for the company’s consideration. Kansas City Star, 13 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exec

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of exec was in 1896

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“Exec.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exec. Accessed 18 Nov. 2025.

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