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exec

noun

ex·​ec ig-ˈzek How to pronounce exec (audio)
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Examples of exec in a Sentence

a restaurant where the city's top execs like to have power lunches
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Top design exec Alan Dye defected to Meta. Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 8 Dec. 2025 International execs participating on a Red Sea Souk panel on ‘Futureproofing our Industry’, steered by Library Pictures International CEO David Taghioff, shared their thoughts on the deal as a preface to the main topic of the discussion. Melanie Goodfellow, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2025 From the start, Cooper wanted Gaby Hoffman as Springsteen’s mother, Adele, David Krumholz as record exec Al Teller and Stephen Graham as Springteen’s father, Douglas. Carole Horst, Variety, 6 Dec. 2025 Granger, meanwhile, spent years at Paramount as a production exec — including working on a number of Tom Cruise films — before striking out on his own (Snakes on a Plane was one credit). Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 4 Dec. 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 9 Dec. 2025.

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