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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 International travel demand has held up despite surging fuel prices, airline executives have said. — Leslie Josephs, CNBC, 29 Sep. 2026 The move might sound risky for a 20-something employee critiquing the work of one of the most powerful executives in media. — Preston Fore, Fortune, 29 Sep. 2026 The Boston Red Sox had sent ownership and front-office executives to settle the negotiation directly with the player, hoping relationship leverage would carry the economics. — Chris Koras, Sportico.com, 28 Sep. 2026 The studio team includes creative executives that helped push FaZe Clan to become a global force in online gaming culture. — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 28 Sep. 2026 Nvidia executives said in a media briefing that the new system could have prevented a recent incident involving a swarm of OpenAI agents that autonomously hacked into AI company Hugging Face. — Kelvin Chan, Los Angeles Times, 28 Sep. 2026 Those security breaches prompted warnings from some of most powerful executives in the artificial intelligence industry, who cautioned of a grave threat posed by the technology and called for a slowdown in AI development. — Max Zahn, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2026 So, here, WWD celebrates the designers, executives and other figures who today are helping to drive Italian — and the world’s — culture. — Sandra Salibian, Footwear News, 21 Sep. 2026 The final evaluation of those materials was left to the Board of Regents, whose eight members include seven executives from the private-equity, construction, and oil-and-gas industries; only one regent has a background in education. — Benjamin Wofford, New Yorker, 21 Sep. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for executives
  1. managers
  2. directors
  3. administrators
  4. superintendents
Noun
  • The official purchasing managers’ index indicated that manufacturing activity contracted for two consecutive months in July and August.
    — Anniek Bao, CNBC, 28 Sep. 2026
  • Lessons and performance data gathered through testing, experimentation, and training can be returned to developers and program managers to improve future capabilities.
    — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 27 Sep. 2026
Definition of managers
Noun
  • Morganti said the teams had to make the case around directors, talent and production capabilities.
    — Anna Marie de la Fuente, Variety, 30 Sep. 2026
  • Project Hail Mary helmers Phil Lord and Chris Miller are serving as guest artistic directors.
    — Chris Gardner, HollywoodReporter, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of directors
Noun
  • Deadline understands that True Brit, which has distributed titles including Hugh Jackman’s The Death of Robin Hood, has appointed administrators at Simons Muirhead Burton to oversee the company’s affairs.
    — Jake Kanter, Deadline, 29 Sep. 2026
  • Tests show the gaps between subjective grades and real understanding—and this, in turn, gives the public and administrators a sense of which schools are actually teaching their students.
    — Jay Caspian Kang, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2026
Definition of administrators
Noun
  • 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
  • The selection of key pieces of Oklahoma’s high-stakes reading law is underway in a process that likely will straddle two governors and state superintendents.
    — Nuria Martinez-Keel, Oklahoma Voice, 8 Sep. 2026
Definition of superintendents

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