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 Classic was created to provide national exposure for underrepresented college baseball players in front of MLB scouts and executives.
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Frederick Sutton Sinclair,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Wilde noted that CinemaCon is one of Hollywood's most important industry gatherings, bringing together studio executives, theater owners and members of the press.
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Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
Netflix executives are known to be keen to see how users engage with linear channels, though the company also expects much of the viewing to be concentrated on TF1’s on-demand content.
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Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
But as much as YouTube and other platforms offer compelling alternatives for development and distribution, there was a discernable sense among the room of producers, executives, analysts and lawyers that the biggest goal is to achieve meaningful progress in the heart of traditional Hollywood.
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Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
18 June 2026
These behaviors compound across years of doing the work, in front of executives, with real consequences.
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Rocky Sharma,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Meanwhile, as the Wall Street Journal reports, executives at OpenAI are pondering whether to kick off a price war with the company’s biggest competitor, Anthropic.
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Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
11 June 2026
An early, nonpublic version of Mythos spooked policymakers and corporate executives in April for its ability to find more than 10,000 severe bugs and vulnerabilities in important software systems.
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Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
The mayor has successfully built strong relationships with business executives and labor leaders alike, and so far no opponent has emerged as a credible threat to her reelection chances.
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Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
Frederick Sutton Sinclair,
CBS News,
19 June 2026
Wilde noted that CinemaCon is one of Hollywood's most important industry gatherings, bringing together studio executives, theater owners and members of the press.
—
Lauryn Overhultz,
FOXNews.com,
18 June 2026
Netflix executives are known to be keen to see how users engage with linear channels, though the company also expects much of the viewing to be concentrated on TF1’s on-demand content.
—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
18 June 2026
But as much as YouTube and other platforms offer compelling alternatives for development and distribution, there was a discernable sense among the room of producers, executives, analysts and lawyers that the biggest goal is to achieve meaningful progress in the heart of traditional Hollywood.
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Cynthia Littleton,
Variety,
18 June 2026
These behaviors compound across years of doing the work, in front of executives, with real consequences.
—
Rocky Sharma,
Forbes.com,
18 June 2026
Meanwhile, as the Wall Street Journal reports, executives at OpenAI are pondering whether to kick off a price war with the company’s biggest competitor, Anthropic.
—
Victor Tangermann,
Futurism,
11 June 2026
An early, nonpublic version of Mythos spooked policymakers and corporate executives in April for its ability to find more than 10,000 severe bugs and vulnerabilities in important software systems.
—
Jared Perlo,
NBC news,
11 June 2026
The mayor has successfully built strong relationships with business executives and labor leaders alike, and so far no opponent has emerged as a credible threat to her reelection chances.
—
Shomik Mukherjee,
Mercury News,
11 June 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for executives
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Thanks to a wetter weather pattern and recent tropical rains, stream flows across the much of the state have started to rebound, farmers are tending healthy crops and water managers are beginning to breathe a sigh of relief.
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First-time managers, meanwhile, comprised under 10%.
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Among the directors, the class captures several of the year’s most talked-about filmmakers.
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Pascal and Heyman were the first to be brought on, and after meeting with a number of directors the studio tapped Villeneuve to direct.
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At the time of his tragic death, the lawyer Richard Bray and Bear’s mom, the singer Cheryl, were named the administrators of Payne’s estate.
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Court documents issued on May 1 and obtained by PEOPLE officially named Cheryl and attorney Richard Mark Bray as the administrators of his estate.
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During this period, the District has experienced significant organizational transition, having been served by two superintendents and three business managers.
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According to materials from the district released to the Herald, superintendents from large districts elsewhere in the country, a former state secretary of education, a former charter school executive, and several leaders in South Florida were among the applicants.
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“Executives.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executives. Accessed 25 Jun. 2026.
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