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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That corporate backbone fuels Adam’s ability to speak the language of growth-stage founders and enterprise execs alike. Matthew Kayser, USA Today, 28 Aug. 2025 Floyd Levine, a character actor who appeared in such films as Dog Day Afternoon, Night Shift and, for his son, producer, director and studio exec Brian Robbins, Coach Carter and Norbit, has died. Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 27 Aug. 2025 Conventional leadership advice usually says a CEO should build a top-tier exec team and get out of the way. Jason Ma, Fortune, 26 Aug. 2025 That buys access to a development process of meetings with story producers and packaging (led by Sylvie, a marketing exec who came out of Samsung, Disney, and Beats by Dre) with pitch decks, letters of intent, and market strategies. Dana Harris-Bridson, IndieWire, 26 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for exec

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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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 8 Sep. 2025.

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