exec

noun

ex·​ec ig-ˈzek How to pronounce exec (audio)

Examples of exec in a Sentence

a restaurant where the city's top execs like to have power lunches
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Hot One: Universal acquisitions exec Jasper Van Hecke is exiting the studio after 16 years. Max Goldbart, Deadline, 20 Dec. 2024 As one exec notes, with BBC Film and Film4 being two of the three main financiers of independent film in the U.K. (alongside the British Film Institute), there’s been something of a tussle between the funders and the distributors. Alex Ritman, Variety, 20 Dec. 2024 Predators execs have pledged that the team will host another Nashville Predators Recovery Night next season. The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024 With Walden and Bergman in charge, the same Disney execs responsible for the production of Disney’s movies and TV shows also regained control of how their projects were distributed and marketed, both in the U.S. and around the world. Josef Adalian, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for exec 

Word History

First Known Use

1896, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of exec was in 1896

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“Exec.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/exec. Accessed 30 Dec. 2024.

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