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
Matthew Carey, Deadline, 26 May 2026
Chad Feehan created the series and served as executive producer and showrunner on Season 1 but will not be back for Season 2.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 26 May 2026
Lior Weinstein, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The company has since hired Ainsley Rossitto, a former Paramount Global and NPR executive, to lead its podcast push.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 May 2026
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Adjective
Proudfoot, whose credits include the Oscar-winning The Queen of Basketball (on which Curry served as an executive producer) and Oscar winner The Last Repair Shop, provided a statement to Deadline exclusively.
—Matthew Carey, Deadline, 26 May 2026
Chad Feehan created the series and served as executive producer and showrunner on Season 1 but will not be back for Season 2.
—Joe Otterson, Variety, 26 May 2026
Noun
But full-time executives and fractional CTOs alike must remember that organizations still run on human rhythms.
—Lior Weinstein, Forbes.com, 27 May 2026
The company has since hired Ainsley Rossitto, a former Paramount Global and NPR executive, to lead its podcast push.
—Matt Grobar, Deadline, 27 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for executive
Adjective
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Illinois should align Medicaid policy and long-term recovery support around the realities of addiction recovery rather than administrative assumptions about immediate independence.—
Chicago Tribune,
Chicago Tribune,
24 May 2026
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Changing district maps now could also mean rescheduling the primaries, or holding a second round, not to mention the administrative hurdles of getting ballots printed and distributed and potential legal challenges.—
Bryan P. Sears,
Baltimore Sun,
23 May 2026
Noun
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And charismatic restaurant manager Nicolas is the perfect person to share an after-dinner whiskey with in the kitchen.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
26 May 2026
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The Fall and Rise of Cassie One might wonder at the fact that Maddy helped Cassie at all — the latter’s rash decision, in the previous episode, to quit OnlyFans in pursuit of a legitimate acting career cut off a vital flow of income to her aspiring manager.—
Daniel D'Addario,
Variety,
25 May 2026
Adjective
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Other tech leaders have voiced fears that the viral spread of AI would detonate jobs across the ranks of professional, managerial and administrative professions by automating human tasks.—
Daniel de Visé,
USA Today,
26 May 2026
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Amorim, a man who described his managerial work in all manner of self-deprecating words, was dismissed not for footballing performance, but because of a disagreement with his employers.—
Carl Anka,
New York Times,
26 May 2026
Noun
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The always eminently watchable Rebecca Hall (The Man I Love, TV’s The Beauty) both anchors and buoys the tonally irregular but consistently thoughtful and compelling sci-fi comedy-drama The End of It, a feature debut for Catalan writer-director Maria Martinez Bayona.—
Leslie Felperin,
HollywoodReporter,
24 May 2026
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Having knowledge of fostering and violence towards children [my wife was once a communications director with the National Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Children], the movie struck a chord; I was totally captivated by it.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
24 May 2026
Noun
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His mother taught social work while his father worked as a student administrator.—
Mo Rocca,
CBS News,
24 May 2026
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Manning, who had also held the interim KSC director role during Petro’s tenure as interim NASA administrator in 2025, also is moving up in NASA’s hierarchy.—
Richard Tribou,
The Orlando Sentinel,
23 May 2026
Noun
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That would be especially helpful given that Newsom, as a parting gesture, wants to all but eliminate the elective office of state superintendent of public instruction and vest nearly all education oversight in the governor’s office.—
Dan Walters,
Oc Register,
26 May 2026
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The county superintendent has a statutory and constitutional responsibility to both support and hold districts accountable for their district budgets.—
Mercury News & East Bay Times Editorial Boards,
Mercury News,
26 May 2026
Noun
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Others, including another supervisor, have agreed with me.—
Judith Martin,
Mercury News,
25 May 2026
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Discussions with a boss, supervisor, parent, teacher or the government might lead you to a new source of income.—
Georgia Nicols,
Denver Post,
25 May 2026
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“Executive.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executive. Accessed 28 May. 2026.
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