Thesaurus results for EXEC

exec

noun

ig-ˈzek

Definition of exec

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 The exec said that Minkoff was one of the first people to reach out to her following Norwood’s announcement. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 26 Sep. 2026 Warner Music Iberia exec Guillermo Gonzalez has been upped to president of Warner Music EMEA, with Andrés Rothschild succeeding him as president of Warner Music Iberia. — Ethan Millman, HollywoodReporter, 25 Sep. 2026 Meanwhile, OpenAI and Anthropic are dealing with intensifying concerns about their market-leading AI models, as critics and company execs sound the alarm about potential harms to humanity. — Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 24 Sep. 2026 Beatrice’s sister, Eugenie, married marketing exec Jack Brooksbank in 2018. — Bailey Bujnosek, InStyle, 20 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for exec

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The Boston Red Sox had sent ownership and front-office executives to settle the negotiation directly with the player, hoping relationship leverage would carry the economics.

— Chris Koras, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026
Bennett, a former Navy pilot who also worked as a healthcare executive, is a political newcomer.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of executive

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Gwen Westley Sullivan, former editorial manager of Women’s Wear Daily and W, said Froio was her colleague for 17 years and then her friend.

— Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 25 Sep. 2026
Chiefs general manager Brett Veach walked through the team’s training facility a few days later, where Mahomes was rehabbing from knee surgery.

— Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 25 Sep. 2026

Definition of manager

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In spite of that, though, there were certain scenes that, for me as a director, were so essential to the film.

— Antonio Ferme, Variety, 27 Sep. 2026
The burglar broke into the first floor of the director’s New York townhouse, scanned an array of expensive framed artworks on her wall and made their choice.

— Leah Dolan, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2026

Definition of director

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At a press conference on Monday NASA administrator Jared Isaacman said the space capsule will head to the International Space Station (ISS) on an uncrewed test flight as soon as December—a technical step back for the multi-billion-dollar initiative.

— Adam Kovac, Scientific American, 28 Sep. 2026
The support page is meant for IT administrators, and mainly reiterates what Google already announced, including regular updates and security patches for ChromeOS through mid-2034.

— Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 28 Sep. 2026

Definition of administrator

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Michael Poore is a nearly 40-year veteran of public education and the former superintendent of the Little Rock and Bentonville school districts.

— Michael Poore Special to the Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 1 Oct. 2026
In the 1st District, Jesse Ortiz is a Woodland native, longtime Woodland Community College professor and a former superintendent for Yolo County schools.

— Daniel Lempres, Sacbee.com, 1 Oct. 2026

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