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
Ending on Jack Paar is a nice touch and subtle middle finger to TV execs everywhere.
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 May 2026
Alongside Reiss exec producers are Belo, George Ormond and Jade Taylor.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 22 May 2026
The exec is holding out hope for the format continuing to have a life at the network with original programming.
—Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Tesla’s Elon Musk and Apple’s Tim Cook were all onboard, as were execs from Meta, Micron, Qualcomm and Coherent.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 15 May 2026
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Bethy Squires, Vulture, 22 May 2026
Alongside Reiss exec producers are Belo, George Ormond and Jade Taylor.
—K.j. Yossman, Variety, 22 May 2026
The exec is holding out hope for the format continuing to have a life at the network with original programming.
—Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 22 May 2026
Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Tesla’s Elon Musk and Apple’s Tim Cook were all onboard, as were execs from Meta, Micron, Qualcomm and Coherent.
—Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 15 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exec
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Three weeks before the Washington Nationals secured a series win over the best team in the American League Central, more than a dozen coaches, trainers and executives gathered in a room with catcher Keibert Ruiz.—
Spencer Nusbaum,
New York Times,
28 May 2026
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Some industry executives have started arguing that the answer to that question is no.—
Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
27 May 2026
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The alternative asset manager said that Blackstone Capital Partners Asia III exceeded its $10 billion target, with the fund raising more than double the amount of its predecessor vehicle.—
Lee Ying Shan,
CNBC,
2 June 2026
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Its Resolver platform uses AI to ingest security information and help risk managers run remediations with an audit trail, cutting the lag time between detecting a breach and containing it.—
Nick Lichtenberg,
Fortune,
1 June 2026
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The recent opening of a new center, explained Jill Martin, senior director of food and nutrition services at UC San Diego Health, argued for creating a new training program rather than a recruitment push.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
31 May 2026
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As creative director of menswear at Louis Vuitton, Williams is an organic partner for Moët & Chandon, which belongs to the wines and spirits division of luxury conglomerate LVMH Moët Hennessy Louis Vuitton.—
Joelle Diderich,
Footwear News,
31 May 2026
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School administrators are caught off guard by parents who have read the book and insist on policy changes.—
Tyler Kingkade,
NBC news,
31 May 2026
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Once, administrators confronted him about the carelessness of his grading.—
Peter Hessler,
New Yorker,
31 May 2026
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These include elections for board of supervisors, district and city attorneys, superintendents and more.—
Paris Barraza,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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The nonrecurring grant funds will be used to pay for security improvement projects at Miami-Dade Catholic schools, according to Jim Rigg, superintendent of Catholic Schools in the Archdiocese of Miami.—
Lauren Costantino,
Miami Herald,
2 June 2026
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“Exec.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exec. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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