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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Jackson and Henson also serve as non-writing exec producers. Peter White, Deadline, 3 Nov. 2025 Welcome to Derry co-creator, co-showrunner and exec producer Jason Fuchs has been tapped to write the My Hero Academia adaptation. Abid Rahman, HollywoodReporter, 2 Nov. 2025 That same exec believes another team might offer Reaves four years and roughly $180 million to sign, so the Lakers could offer a five-year deal worth slightly more to keep him. Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2025 One report, citing a source close to Sheridan, even claimed the writer was annoyed that Paramount sent too many of its top suits to a meeting designed to keep Sheridan onboard, arguing that Ellison had messed up by bringing more than two execs along with him. Josef Adalian, Vulture, 30 Oct. 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 8 Nov. 2025.

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