as in executive
a person who manages or directs something
a restaurant where the city's top execs like to have power lunches
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Recent Examples of exec
From early investors to long-time company execs, CNBC has tracked down several SpaceX shareholders with stakes worth over $1 billion using data from FactSet.
Valor Equity Partners
Valor Equity Partners is sitting on a stake worth around $96.6 billion, mostly owned by the firm’s clients.
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
19 June 2026
Microsoft execs have been vocal about increasing AI usage in the business environment and this latest announcement reflects that initiative.
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Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
The exec had an aggressive awards campaign for the drama, which eventually won three Academy Awards, including best original screenplay for Campion.
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Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
12 June 2026
With no way to monetize the matches via ad sales and given that retransmission consent/carriage fees did not exist at the time, network execs weren’t even the tiniest bit interested in trying to grow the sport.
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Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
12 June 2026
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Kai Nicol-Schwarz,
CNBC,
19 June 2026
Microsoft execs have been vocal about increasing AI usage in the business environment and this latest announcement reflects that initiative.
—
Gene Marks,
Forbes.com,
14 June 2026
The exec had an aggressive awards campaign for the drama, which eventually won three Academy Awards, including best original screenplay for Campion.
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Rafa Sales Ross,
Variety,
12 June 2026
With no way to monetize the matches via ad sales and given that retransmission consent/carriage fees did not exist at the time, network execs weren’t even the tiniest bit interested in trying to grow the sport.
—
Anthony Crupi,
Sportico.com,
12 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exec
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The billionaire executive spent more than $110 million of his own money to win the nomination in one of the most brutal Republican primaries in modern Georgia history for the chance to take on Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms in November.
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On Tuesday night, the New York Post reported that the woman had been identified as Angie Baez, a 40-year-old financial industry executive.
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Kelce played a bully of a restaurant manager who fires a busboy (played by Bad Bunny).
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Offers three-credit-bureau monitoring, VPN, dark web monitoring, password manager, email aliases and instant credit lock.
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Led by Miles Macquarrie, the restaurant’s beverage director and winner of the 2024 Michelin Guide Exceptional Cocktails Award, the cocktail menu is extensive but intentionally curated.
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Adam Hoffer is director of excise tax policy at the Tax Foundation.
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The jail’s administrator did not immediately respond to a request for comment Monday night.
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Jail administrators and multiple law enforcement agencies were working toward a quick, peaceful resolution and restoration of full control of the jail.
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While taking the ferry to Liberty Island, Muir spoke to Captain Hamilton Clancy, who grew up in the shadow of the statue as his grandfather used to be the superintendent of Liberty Island.
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How the office will change All of the state superintendent’s authority will transfer to the education commissioner, who will be named by the governor and then approved by the state Senate.
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“Exec.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exec. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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