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
Feige praised the departing exec for his years of service.
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Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2026
As for the environmental concerns around data centers, the exec puts that squarely in the hands of the government.
—Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 8 May 2026
Apart from pausing Copilot development for Xbox, Sharma announced that Microsoft would be reducing recent price hikes of Xbox’s flagship Game Pass subscription service, another move indicating that the new exec was actively listening to user complaints.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 6 May 2026
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, David Levy, a TV exec who helped Turner secure sports broadcasting rights, remarked on his brilliance as a businessman who was ahead of his time.
—Matt Carlstrom, Vanity Fair, 6 May 2026
See All Example Sentences for exec
Borys Kit, HollywoodReporter, 18 May 2026
As for the environmental concerns around data centers, the exec puts that squarely in the hands of the government.
—Sabrina Reed, Forbes.com, 8 May 2026
Apart from pausing Copilot development for Xbox, Sharma announced that Microsoft would be reducing recent price hikes of Xbox’s flagship Game Pass subscription service, another move indicating that the new exec was actively listening to user complaints.
—Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 6 May 2026
In a recent interview with Vanity Fair, David Levy, a TV exec who helped Turner secure sports broadcasting rights, remarked on his brilliance as a businessman who was ahead of his time.
—Matt Carlstrom, Vanity Fair, 6 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exec
Noun
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One of the most notable, current Cleveland Cavaliers general manager Mike Gansey, has been an executive in Cleveland for almost a decade and is considered a strong candidate to take over for Morey, according to league sources.—
Tony Jones,
New York Times,
21 May 2026
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Each takes a different approach to healing, from shamanic grief work to clinical addiction treatment for executives.—
Hanna Wickes,
Charlotte Observer,
20 May 2026
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On the Democratic side, Jesse Brewer, a former area manager for 7-Eleven locations, is running against Melissa Strange, a supply-chain director for an agribusiness company.—
The New Yorker,
New Yorker,
19 May 2026
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Sitting in the Petco Park visiting dugout Monday afternoon, Dodgers general manager Brandon Gomes would have preferred to be answering a different set of questions about the team’s rotation depth.—
Maddie Lee,
Los Angeles Times,
19 May 2026
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In text messages between Musk and his employees, including OpenAI board member Shivon Zilis and a project director Sam Teller, Musk's team cheered the hire, according to correspondence made public in discovery.—
Ashley Capoot,Lora Kolodny,
CNBC,
18 May 2026
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Pasricha’s wife Eiesha Pasricha is the de facto artistic director of the brand, also personally curating the retail at Gleneagles and the shop at Estelle Manor.—
Condé Nast,
Condé Nast Traveler,
18 May 2026
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Then, almost two years into the investigation, Langston stopped by the police station and was chatting with a different administrator, who asked Langston whether the initial search had also been conducted in an older database that not everybody on staff knew about.—
Yudhijit Bhattacharjee,
New Yorker,
18 May 2026
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Turn on multi-factor authentication, enable every account alert your plan offers and ask your employer or plan administrator what happens after an address, phone number or bank account change.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
17 May 2026
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Only key leadership staff will be contacted to report to work for varied assignments, the superintendent said.—
Terry Castleman,
Los Angeles Times,
18 May 2026
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Amenities include a live-in superintendent, bike storage, on-site laundry, and a landscaped common courtyard garden.—
Katie McDonough,
Curbed,
18 May 2026
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“Exec.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exec. Accessed 21 May. 2026.
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