executives

noun

plural of executive
as in managers
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 executives The list of senior executives did not answer the question of who would oversee the old Paramount and Warner Bros. — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 13 Oct. 2026 Economists and executives warned of thinning global oil buffers, with conflicts in the Middle East and Ukraine piling pressure on the energy supply chain. — Prashant Rao, semafor.com, 12 Oct. 2026 Our research, drawn from a global survey of 1,000 senior executives across 20 industries in 13 countries, suggests both assumptions are dangerously wrong. — Yusof Seedat, Harvard Business Review, 12 Oct. 2026 Later this November, a miniseries about former crypto executives Sam Bankman-Fried and Caroline Ellison is set to air on Netflix. — Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 12 Oct. 2026 Audience development needs screening rooms At several of this year’s panels at the festival’s industry sidebar, RioMarket, key executives and producers frequently mentioned the need for audience development in Brazil. — Rafa Sales Ross, Variety, 12 Oct. 2026 Despite the current challenges, executives remain bullish on the channel. — Jennifer Weil, Footwear News, 6 Oct. 2026 Several Japanese nationals, including executives at top Japanese firms, were reportedly detained in August over alleged violations of dual-use goods export restrictions. — Anniek Bao,lim Hui Jie, CNBC, 5 Oct. 2026 Fox is pushing further into the creator economy, adding two senior executives to its Fox Creator Studios business. — Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 5 Oct. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for executives
  1. managers
  2. directors
  3. administrators
  4. superintendents
Noun
  • In Lean In and McKinsey’s 2024 Women in the Workplace study, 78% of managers said more is expected of them than a few years ago, most often around employee well-being, career development and inclusion.
    — Anna Maria Chavez, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2026
  • In the eighteen-seventies, after thieves began kidnapping bank managers, James Sargent invented the first commercially successful time lock.
    — Shayla Love, New Yorker, 10 Oct. 2026
Definition of managers
Noun
  • University personnel were on-site to support the visiting teams and sent an apology email to the recreation directors at the affected schools, as well as the presidents of the participating teams.
    — Rebecca Cohen, NBC news, 13 Oct. 2026
  • But much like the way studios and directors of the 1960s and ’70s embraced the once-taboo profanity and nudity, this year AI has found a new wave of advocates eager to go public.
    — Corbin Bolies, Variety, 13 Oct. 2026
Definition of directors
Noun
  • Kotlikoff's letter did not explain why these events are only being issued now — two years after administrators at Cornell learned about the allegations in 2024.
    — Elissa Nadworny, NPR, 13 Oct. 2026
  • Bogen, along with two commissioners, several administrators, and a group of supporters, was denied access.
    — Morgan Rynor, CBS News, 12 Oct. 2026
Definition of administrators
Noun
  • Union County Public Schools has had four permanent superintendents since 2000, and current Superintendent Andrew Houlihan has led the district since 2016.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026
  • In a message to District 118 families Thursday, interim co-superintendents Todd Leden and Brian Wegley said Anderlik has been placed on administrative leave and is barred from entering district property or contacting students.
    — Mick Zawislak, Chicago Tribune, 25 Sep. 2026
Definition of superintendents

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