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 Many tech companies thrive with top-down leadership and linear management—clear directives from the founder to executors, without middle layers slowing or distorting the vision. Jonathan Low, Forbes.com, 10 Sep. 2025 The executors of his estate sold the eight-time Emmy winner’s former home in the spring of 2022 for $6.45 million. Mark David, Robb Report, 8 Sep. 2025 In 2022, Epstein’s executors also agreed to pay $105 million to settle a civil case brought by the USVI’s attorney general. Julie K. Brown, Miami Herald, 5 Sep. 2025 One of the analysts has died, so Carver is suing the executor of her estate. Ryan Oehrli august 29, Charlotte Observer, 29 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for executor
Recent Examples of Synonyms for executor
Noun
  • Israel’s top diplomat at the United Nations dismissed delegates who walked out before Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s address.
    Staff, FOXNews.com, 2 Oct. 2025
  • Representatives from the Writers Guild of America (West & East), Writers’ Guild of Great Britain and Writers Guild of Canada are confirmed as attending, along with delegates from European guilds, Australia, New Zealand, Latin America, Africa and other parts of Asia.
    Jesse Whittock, Deadline, 2 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Federal immigration agents carried out a weeklong enforcement campaign across central Florida that led to the arrest of more than 400 migrants without legal status, officials say.
    Billal Rahman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • His plan is to pose as a Fish & Wildlife agent, there to question Catalina’s husband about poaching … and then what?
    Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Especially for consumer-facing companies (like restaurant software company Toast) there were questions about whether subscription revenue was a good proxy for ARR.
    Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 28 Sep. 2025
  • Always fond of visual aids at his UN speeches, Netanyahu began by holding up a small map of Iran and its proxies in the region, boasting about Israeli military achievements over the past year.
    Oren Liebermann, CNN Money, 26 Sep. 2025
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  • Union attorneys argue the OMB overstepped its legal authority, asserting that federal law does not permit reductions in force during a lapse in appropriations.
    Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
  • Graf asked after attorneys for both sides had introduced themselves.
    Michael Ruiz, FOXNews.com, 30 Sep. 2025
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  • The Istanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts (İKSV) has named multidisciplinary artist Nilbar Güreş, known for her humorous, poetic, yet critical works commenting on social topics, as Turkey’s representative to the Sixty-First Venice Biennale, set to take place May 9–November 22, 2026.
    News Desk, Artforum, 1 Oct. 2025
  • That was the hammer Kaprizov and his representatives wielded, in an environment where so few superstars hit free agency despite unprecedented year-over-year cap growth.
    James Mirtle, New York Times, 1 Oct. 2025
Noun
  • Merck’s shares jumped over 5%, amid an announcement that deputy CEO Kai Beckmann will take the reins currently held by CEO Belén Garijo.
    Tasmin Lockwood,Chloe Taylor, CNBC, 1 Oct. 2025
  • This includes 30 people in Bogo City, a coastal city near to the epicentre of the earthquake with a population of 90,000, ABC News and the BBC reported, citing OCD deputy administrator Bernardo Alejandro.
    Escher Walcott, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025

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“Executor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/executor. Accessed 6 Oct. 2025.

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