exec

noun

ex·​ec ig-ˈzek How to pronounce exec (audio)
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Examples of exec in a Sentence

a restaurant where the city's top execs like to have power lunches
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That’s how the former Bond execs found Craig. Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 16 May 2026 Nvidia’s Jensen Huang, Tesla’s Elon Musk and Apple’s Tim Cook were all onboard, as were execs from Meta, Micron, Qualcomm and Coherent. Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 15 May 2026 At the film’s early May premiere at Cosm, Rowling was mentioned little, and wasn’t among the massive list of names being thanked by studio and Cosm execs. Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 14 May 2026 Along with Wachowski, Anthony Li, Lawrence Mattis, Sarah Flores, Christopher Renteria, Emily McCann Lesser, and Clay Epstein of Film Mode Entertainment are also exec-producing the project. Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 14 May 2026 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 17 May. 2026.

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