as in executive
a person who manages or directs something
a restaurant where the city's top execs like to have power lunches
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Recent Examples of exec
Earlier this month, Apple execs said Siri is on track for a 2026 release, though time will tell.
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Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 30 June 2025
Gomez, Henrie Gary Marsh and Jonas Agin also exec produce.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
The exec emphasized the company’s role as facilitator rather than traditional broadcaster.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 June 2025
The Code, a set of self-regulatory guidelines applied to film production, was begrudgingly accepted by film execs, writes Steven Vaughn.
—Betsy Golden Kellem, JSTOR Daily, 25 June 2025
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Emily Forlini, PC Magazine, 30 June 2025
Gomez, Henrie Gary Marsh and Jonas Agin also exec produce.
—Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 27 June 2025
The exec emphasized the company’s role as facilitator rather than traditional broadcaster.
—Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 27 June 2025
The Code, a set of self-regulatory guidelines applied to film production, was begrudgingly accepted by film execs, writes Steven Vaughn.
—Betsy Golden Kellem, JSTOR Daily, 25 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exec
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Inside organizations, executives are struggling to create and adapt AI policies as fast as the technology is being developed.—
Susan LaMotte,
Forbes.com,
2 July 2025
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The near-unanimous votes reflected deep shareholder trust in the boards and executives who defended DEI publicly and forcefully.—
Jim Edwards,
Fortune,
1 July 2025
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Bench coach Ray Montgomery took over on June 20 as the acting — now interim — manager as the Angels entered Friday winners in seven of their last 10 games.—
Benjamin Royer,
Los Angeles Times,
28 June 2025
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Li, who had a brief stint at a bank after graduating from the Guangdong University of Foreign Studies with a finance degree, joined Zhou Liu Fu simultaneously as a general manager.—
Zinnia Lee,
Forbes.com,
28 June 2025
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Danny Ramon, director of intelligence at supply chain risk management provider Overhaul, said that holiday weekends typically see cargo theft rates spiking by 50 to 100 percent.—
Meghan Hall,
Sourcing Journal,
1 July 2025
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The Harrods pop-up will run from July 21 until Aug. 27, and will stock the Lucky capsule, which was conceived by Maria Grazia Chiuri, the former creative director of women’s collections who stepped down in May after nearly a decade at the brand.—
Samantha Conti,
Footwear News,
1 July 2025
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Climate United Fund and other nonprofits in March sued the Environmental Protection Agency, its administrator Lee Zeldin and Citibank, which held the program’s money.—
Michael Phillis,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
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The closure of Jackson South’s labor and delivery unit is the latest in South Florida and comes at a time when many hospitals across the country have closed their maternity wards, with administrators often citing costs and staffing issues.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
3 July 2025
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But a longstanding argument against any updates to the sculpture, said Dan Wenk, the former superintendent of Mount Rushmore National Memorial, is that the piece of art is already finished, visually and rhetorically.—
Rachel Raposas,
People.com,
5 July 2025
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Adam Friday resigned as acting superintendent for the sanitation department, effective June 3, two weeks after the incident with Street Commissioner Brandon Downey, town records show.—
Jim Woods,
Chicago Tribune,
4 July 2025
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