chief executive
noun
: a principal executive: such as
a
: the president of a republic
b
: the governor of a state
c
: ceo
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The President is the chief executive of the U.S.
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—Sarah Fox, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2025
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Larry Fink, chief executive officer of BlackRock Inc., at the Berlin Global Dialogue in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.
—Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 12 Apr. 2025
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Ye Fan, New York Times, 14 Apr. 2025
Sarah Fox is chief executive officer of the Connecticut Coalition to End Homelessness.
—Sarah Fox, Hartford Courant, 13 Apr. 2025
Joan would also be helping to identify the bodies of his sister's husband, Agustín Escobar, chief executive of Siemens' rail infrastructure division in Spain, and their three young children.
—Charlotte Phillipp, People.com, 12 Apr. 2025
Larry Fink, chief executive officer of BlackRock Inc., at the Berlin Global Dialogue in Berlin, Germany, on Tuesday, Oct. 1, 2024.
—Cheryl Winokur Munk, CNBC, 12 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for chief executive
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“Chief executive.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/chief%20executive. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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