How to Use executive in a Sentence

executive

1 of 2 adjective

• She has good executive skills.
• He has an executive position in the company.
• In the U.S., the President is the head of the executive branch of government.
• But that does mean your executive team needs to work in different ways.
  — Megan Poinski, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026
• Pascal was forced out of her executive role by the fallout.
  — Jordan Moreau, Variety, 1 Mar. 2026
• Wilson has signed back onto the project as an executive producer and guest singer on one of the tracks.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 13 Feb. 2024
• The building had served as executive suites before Phoong bought it.
  — Graham Womack, Sacbee.com, 28 Mar. 2026
• Bafer briefly held the role of executive chairman after the merger.
  — Etan Vlessing, HollywoodReporter, 10 Oct. 2025
• Hines will stay with the company in a non-executive role to help with the transition.
  — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 20 Feb. 2026
• On this tense morning Zoom call, our executive team aligned on a plan and jumped into action.
  — Ann Roberts, Fortune, 16 May 2023
• Some members of Altman’s executive team camped out in the hallways of the house.
  — Ronan Farrow, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
• Twenty-five young girls, two counselors, and the camp's co-executive director were killed in the flood.
  — Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 23 June 2026
• James served as an executive producer and script advisor on the project.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Mar. 2024
• What’s it like being able to see both of those come to fruition and also being an executive producer on one of them?
  — Glenn Garner, Deadline, 11 Apr. 2026
• New executive chair Tom Pohlad also paid him a visit.
  — Betsy Helfand, Twin Cities, 15 Feb. 2026
• Petsch is an executive producer on the movie in addition to her starring role.
  — Raven Brunner, PEOPLE, 26 Sep. 2025
• Maybe Johnson should place a call to an executive-search consultant.
  — John Cassidy, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
• Score will serve as co-executive producer.
  — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 26 Sep. 2025
• Not the consultants charging five figures a day to explain it to executive teams.
  — Jeffrey Sanchez-Burks, Fortune, 13 May 2026
• Bryan Day, executive director of the port, couldn't be reached for comment.
  — Arkansas Online, 7 Nov. 2025
• The blame for missing out on those targets was placed with then executive chairman Daniel Levy.
  — Jay Harris, New York Times, 27 May 2026
• Ella Jones will direct and executive produce the first episode.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 29 June 2026
• Outsized executive paydays have been an issue in the corporate world for decades.
  — Ryan Faughnder, Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2023
• Yes, Paul is an executive producer, but this cut is 100% my film.
  — Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 27 Feb. 2026
• Moran is the lead writer and executive producer.
  — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
• If a leader of strong, calm executive presence enters a room of jangled nerves, people will settle down and feel safer.
  — Ginny Whitelaw, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
• The search for a new executive director is still ongoing.
  — The Athletic Nfl Staff, New York Times, 30 Jan. 2026
• Stars that executive producers generally get a per episode fee on top of their talent salaries.
  — Peter White, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2026
• Matt Shakman is attached to executive produce and direct the first episode.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 10 Oct. 2025
• Matt Shakman is attached to executive produce and direct the first episode.
  — Joe Otterson, Variety, 18 Sep. 2025

executive

2 of 2 noun

• The television network's executives decided not to air the controversial show.
• The President is the chief executive of the U.S.
• Many of the top executives and leaders in the area have been through the class.
  — Sean McDonnell, cleveland, 18 July 2023
• There were some new finds as well for the retail executive.
  — Miles Socha, Footwear News, 23 Oct. 2025
• Speed and trust were themes echoed by executives around the table.
  — Diane Brady, Fortune, 28 Apr. 2026
• The club’s top executives are proud to be present in every phase of the team’s business.
  — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 14 Mar. 2026
• The next step is for the measure to go to the desk of the county executive for approval.
  — April Quevedo, jsonline.com, 7 Feb. 2026
• Sometimes a smart executive or friend or my wife will trick me into talking about it.
  — Katie Campione, Deadline, 23 Oct. 2025
• Trump is schedule to meet with top oil executives today.
  — Jordan Blum, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
• Top women executives have also been blunt about the tradeoffs of work and life.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 9 Jan. 2026
• One area where the top executives from both sides are staying on is Creative.
  — Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 30 Oct. 2025
• His bold approach has challenged both fans and music executives to see artists through a new lens.
  — Evan Burke, Billboard, 6 Nov. 2025
• But that could be a prelude to far larger numbers by the end of the decade, if some tech executives are right.
  — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 2 June 2026
• Sports executives rarely come out ahead, at least on the ledger of public perception.
  — Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 21 Apr. 2026
• Then Disney executives pulled the plug on them.
  — Zack Sharf, Variety, 9 Apr. 2026
• The videos, Merz says, have also raised the bar for other executives.
  — Rachel Ventresca, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
• For executives and board members, ethics are no longer a laughing matter.
  — Ann Skeet, Fortune, 22 Jan. 2024
• Hopefully the next executive is more willing to take some heat.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 21 Apr. 2026
• After leaving a movie studio chief role, the next era for some executives can be the wilderness.
  — Erik Hayden, HollywoodReporter, 3 Apr. 2026
• An excise tax gross-up payment from a company to an executive is rare.
  — Amanda Gerut, Fortune, 9 Apr. 2026
• At the same time, those executives ran a business that took a cut of the revenue from each hotel booking.
  — Kenny Jacoby, USA Today, 6 Nov. 2025
• Getting executives to want to do a story where the women are leads, that’s the hardest thing.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 3 July 2026
• For all the talk of a runaway executive, Congress still has the power of the purse.
  — Editorial Board, Washington Post, 2 June 2026
• In short, executives think a deal could get done, despite recent naysaying.
  — Alex Sherman,lillian Rizzo, CNBC, 30 Oct. 2025
• Peacock has yet to turn a profit, and executives have yet to (publicly) set a timeline to break even.
  — Tony Maglio, HollywoodReporter, 30 Oct. 2025
• Other executives have struck some sort of balance.
  — Sydney Lake, Fortune, 26 May 2026
• Some executives are trying on a similar line for size.
  — Dan Pontefract, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
• To that end, some Hollywood-type executives have been hired.
  — David Moin, Footwear News, 19 May 2026
• Stark, who wrote and created the show, will executive produce and plans to star as Sloane.
  — Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 12 May 2026
• Kang and other team executives made clear last Thursday how much those fans matter.
  — Emily Olsen, New York Times, 24 Jan. 2026