Thesaurus results for EXECUTOR

executor

noun

Definition of executor

as in delegate

someone who is named to act on behalf of another He named his daughter as the executor of his will.

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Recent Examples of executor Agents are granted access to databases, communication platforms and code executors. — Neeraj Sabharwal, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2026 The executor or personal representative typically gathers the estate's assets, identifies valid debts and pays creditors according to state probate rules before distributing remaining property to heirs. — Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 18 Aug. 2026 Barrow is the sole trustee of the trust and executor of Voletta’s estate. — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 11 Aug. 2026 While Houston died in 2012, this Barbie was created in partnership with Pat Houston, executor of Whitney Houston’s estate. — Alexis Mikulski Ruiz, VIBE.com, 10 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for executor

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Noun

Most notably, the changes opened the process to greater public participation and reduced the power of party leaders to choose delegates behind closed doors.

— Christopher A. Cooper, The Conversation, 1 Oct. 2026
The regional government, led by the conservative People's Party, has asked the government delegate to clear the square within 48 hours before taking the matter to court.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of delegate

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My interview with Altman had been arranged weeks earlier, just as the first revelations emerged about swarms of rogue AI agents conspiring to hack websites.

— Alyson Shontell, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
Until today, human scientists have been the agents responsible for discovering cancer cures, and for doing so they (and key associates) have been showered with academic credit and awards, perhaps even a Nobel Prize.

— Jeffrey S. Flier, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026

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Hammer’s insistence that his show uses its guests as educational proxies to teach its viewers what not to do, and how not to live, feels far more suspect than Springer’s goofy raison d’être, and way less fun.

— Brady Brickner-Wood, New Yorker, 28 Sep. 2026
Including that this may be activity committed by proxies, or individuals either knowingly or unknowingly working on behalf of a foreign state.

— Frank Andrews, CBS News, 28 Sep. 2026

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Jamal, who co-founded the Somali Justice Advocacy Center, which helps immigrants find pro bono attorneys, also helped retain a lawyer for the Somali teenager charged with piracy in the infamous Captain Richard Phillips hostage-taking.

— Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 5 Oct. 2026
Federal government attorneys say the lawsuits are a backdoor way to regulate heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions and amount to an unconstitutional power grab.

— LINDSAY WHITEHURST, Arkansas Online, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of attorney

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She was elected and spent last year talking to university administrators and Greek life representatives to try to advocate for more transparency.

— Lauren Mascarenhas, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
Phil Mickelson checked himself into a treatment center earlier this year, seeking help for family trauma and addiction, a representative said.

— Chuck Schilken, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of representative

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Yellow smoke and pyrotechnics filled Folsom’s Dan Russell Rodeo Arena as deputies made their entrance, showing off armored vehicles and tactical gear while helicopters flew in formation overhead.

— Haley Parsley October 4, Sacbee.com, 4 Oct. 2026
Last year, deputies were called to the Cheeca Lodge & Spa after a guest spotted nearly $900 in hotel splurges that had been charged to her room without her knowledge or consent, according to the sheriff’s office.

— Sofia Saric, Miami Herald, 4 Oct. 2026

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