as in executives
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 execs
The week before, Vice President JD Vance and Bessent also met with Amodei, OpenAI’s Sam Altman and other top tech execs about AI cybersecurity.
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Ashley Capoot,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026
Jessica Reif Ehrlich of BofA Securities continues to rate Netflix shares a buy, but said the quarter and execs’ comments on their quarterly earnings interview were not persuasive.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026
During the Walt Disney Studios presentation at CinemaCon on Thursday, Marvel execs announced that the September release will include brand new footage from the already 3-hour-long movie.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
The video featured a slew of top talent that Ellison and his execs are in business with, including by Tom Cruise, Timothée Chalamet, Sherry Lansing, Gina Prince-Bythewood, James Cameron, Chris Pratt and Will Smith.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
As rumors of a bombshell announcement regarding the circuit's future began to gain traction, a report Wednesday from The Telegraph explained that LIV Golf executives had been called to a meeting in New York, and none of the execs were on site in Mexico on Tuesday.
—Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Because of doctor-patient confidentiality, execs like Duncan are free to talk openly about corporate secrets, and JoAnne, who drives a BMW and enrolls her weird son Orson (Everett Blunck) into a private feeder school for Stanford, benefits from the inside information.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2026
Art directors, record execs—young fashionable folk come here post-work for a sip of something creative before moving on elsewhere.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2026
Suddenly, those same execs were interested.
—Marcus J. Moore, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Ashley Capoot,lora Kolodny, CNBC, 17 Apr. 2026
Jessica Reif Ehrlich of BofA Securities continues to rate Netflix shares a buy, but said the quarter and execs’ comments on their quarterly earnings interview were not persuasive.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 Apr. 2026
During the Walt Disney Studios presentation at CinemaCon on Thursday, Marvel execs announced that the September release will include brand new footage from the already 3-hour-long movie.
—Angelique Jackson, Variety, 16 Apr. 2026
The video featured a slew of top talent that Ellison and his execs are in business with, including by Tom Cruise, Timothée Chalamet, Sherry Lansing, Gina Prince-Bythewood, James Cameron, Chris Pratt and Will Smith.
—Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 16 Apr. 2026
As rumors of a bombshell announcement regarding the circuit's future began to gain traction, a report Wednesday from The Telegraph explained that LIV Golf executives had been called to a meeting in New York, and none of the execs were on site in Mexico on Tuesday.
—Mark Harris Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 Apr. 2026
Because of doctor-patient confidentiality, execs like Duncan are free to talk openly about corporate secrets, and JoAnne, who drives a BMW and enrolls her weird son Orson (Everett Blunck) into a private feeder school for Stanford, benefits from the inside information.
—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 12 Apr. 2026
Art directors, record execs—young fashionable folk come here post-work for a sip of something creative before moving on elsewhere.
—Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 7 Apr. 2026
Suddenly, those same execs were interested.
—Marcus J. Moore, Time, 9 Apr. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for execs
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During the Thursday earnings call, executives said the company was adding an advanced chip fabrication plant in Tainan, Taiwan, as part of its global capacity expansion efforts.—
Dylan Butts,
CNBC,
16 Apr. 2026
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That said, in 1995, Michaels was still going through the agony of fighting myopic NBC executives, in this case Don Ohlmeyer, who ordered him to fire Adam Sandler and Chris Farley.—
Owen Gleiberman,
Variety,
16 Apr. 2026
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Before home games this season, he was often seen visiting with fellow equipment managers from around the league, and after games, a handful of former Sharks players who were in San Jose for the final time this season came by to wish him well.—
Curtis Pashelka,
Mercury News,
15 Apr. 2026
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In the 1850s, company managers were alarmed to find out shipping workers were opening crates and marking P&G containers with stars to help coworkers who couldn’t read.—
Alexander Coolidge,
USA Today,
15 Apr. 2026
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Alumni from both programs link up for a performance alongside Steans Jazz artistic directors John Clayton and Steve Wilson.—
Hannah Edgar,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Apr. 2026
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Some directors are a little bit more out of reach.—
Brande Victorian,
HollywoodReporter,
15 Apr. 2026
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Some licensors work through third parties, like patent pool administrators, which allows licensees to offload pricing, operating principles, term negotiations, and other relevant housekeeping to the third party.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
20 Apr. 2026
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Residents of Islamabad have been reading between the lines about when these talks might take place, after administrators in both Islamabad and its sister city, Rawalpindi, denied reports on Saturday that commercial activity and transport were being curtailed.—
NPR Staff,
NPR,
19 Apr. 2026
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Thousands of New York City apartment building doorpersons, superintendents and other workers were set to vote Wednesday on whether to walk off the job in the coming days, after contract negotiations snagged over issues including health care and pensions.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
15 Apr. 2026
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School committees, superintendents, educators and students have also been advocating for years for the state to change the Chapter 70 school funding formula altogether, which relies heavily on enrollment and has caused fiscal crises in districts with declining populations.—
State House News Service,
Boston Herald,
15 Apr. 2026
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