as in administrative
suited for or relating to the directing of things
the executive skills needed to manage a large business office
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as in manager
a person who manages or directs something
a program that teaches company executives how to better manage their staffs
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Recent Examples of executive
Denise Petski,
Deadline,
4 July 2026
This allowed tribes to get federal dollars directly to small-scale producers, said Carly Griffith Hotvedt, executive director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative and a member of Cherokee Nation.
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ABC News,
3 July 2026
Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
4 July 2026
Most of us, for instance, are not the oil company executives who were told about the effects of CO2 emissions back in the 1970s and decided that the threat to their business outweighed the threat to the planet.
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Gabriel Winslow-Yost,
The New York Review of Books,
4 July 2026
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Adjective
Outlier Society president Elizabeth Raposo executive produces, along with Authentic Brand Group’s Corey Salter, Marc Rosen and Matthew Gross, also serving as executive producers.
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Denise Petski,
Deadline,
4 July 2026
This allowed tribes to get federal dollars directly to small-scale producers, said Carly Griffith Hotvedt, executive director of the Indigenous Food and Agriculture Initiative and a member of Cherokee Nation.
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ABC News,
3 July 2026
Noun
Some team executives and agents have considered the second apron, set at just under $222 million this coming season, as a de facto hard cap since its inception.
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Mike Vorkunov,
New York Times,
4 July 2026
Most of us, for instance, are not the oil company executives who were told about the effects of CO2 emissions back in the 1970s and decided that the threat to their business outweighed the threat to the planet.
—
Gabriel Winslow-Yost,
The New York Review of Books,
4 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for executive
Adjective
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The measure says revenues cannot be spent on state bureaucracy or administrative costs.
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Recently, the Illinois Register proposed amending the administrative code to update the definitions of the various alcohol categories solely by their production process — not their alcohol content.
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Kelce played a bully of a restaurant manager who fires a busboy (played by Bad Bunny).
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Offers three-credit-bureau monitoring, VPN, dark web monitoring, password manager, email aliases and instant credit lock.
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Little did Aguirre know at the time but that experience would define a managerial career that has passed 900 matches.
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After spending two years in the Chicago Cubs organization as a consultant and scout, Little restarted his managerial career with the Dodgers, reuniting with some of his former players, including Nomar Garciaparra and Derek Lowe.
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Led by Miles Macquarrie, the restaurant’s beverage director and winner of the 2024 Michelin Guide Exceptional Cocktails Award, the cocktail menu is extensive but intentionally curated.
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Adam Hoffer is director of excise tax policy at the Tax Foundation.
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San Juan High School administrators could not be reached for comment Monday.
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The ‘College-Enrollment Death Spiral’ and College Athletics The merger of Ursuline and Gannon stems in part from the enrollment challenges that have become a focal point of higher ed administrators across the country.
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While taking the ferry to Liberty Island, Muir spoke to Captain Hamilton Clancy, who grew up in the shadow of the statue as his grandfather used to be the superintendent of Liberty Island.
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How the office will change All of the state superintendent’s authority will transfer to the education commissioner, who will be named by the governor and then approved by the state Senate.
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All the spending on the national events angers one supervisor at a Florida airport.
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For this story, a Yolo County spokesperson agreed to an interview with CBS News Sacramento on the grand jury's findings and the board of supervisors' response.
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“Executive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executive. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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