How to Use exec in a Sentence

exec

noun
  • These execs, people who were used to having words hurled at them all day long, were enraptured by this sudden shift in delivery.
    Harrison Richlin, IndieWire, 20 Nov. 2024
  • There was honestly about like, 25 people in this call, just execs, everyone involved in it.
    Lily Ford, The Hollywood Reporter, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The company just concluded its first big test in one country, though the exec didn’t reveal where this particular test took place.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 21 Apr. 2022
  • Put more clearly: C-suite execs need to run the numbers on cybersecurity.
    Ben Tercha, Forbes, 22 Nov. 2024
  • The move would save the automaker $10 million annually, the exec said.
    Aarian Marshall, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2024
  • In November 2022 the board ousted Chapek and brought Iger back on as chief exec.
    Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Recent comments the top Marvel exec made seemed to imply that Marvel is done with the Avengers franchise.
    Chris Smith, BGR, 31 Mar. 2022
  • For the most part though, these execs are the outliers.
    Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Of course, that same exec gets down on his knees later to beg her to sign.
    Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Feb. 2024
  • So, Hawkins purchased a book and read all about one of the greatest baseball execs of all time.
    Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • The cult feel of the first few iPhone events is long gone, but now what these execs say can affect the lives of a billion-plus people.
    Joanna Stern, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2023
  • Even a top exec at J.D. Power said he was surprised by the results.
    Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2023
  • When the execs were asked about the potential of a minority stake sale in the future, Lesane left the door open.
    Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2024
  • But then the pandemic hit, execs opted to stay remote, and the office went up for sale.
    Curbed, 12 Dec. 2023
  • There’s the sort of nonsense comedy with Morgan the TV exec.
    Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022
  • The exec says the shows were not made by throwing money at a random group of pornographers.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 19 Aug. 2022
  • At one point, they’re nagged by an obnoxious British record exec ready to exploit them for the U.K. market.
    Margaret Farrell, SPIN, 14 June 2024
  • Amazon’s own execs have told me the company plans to roll out more updates.
    Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 31 July 2024
  • High payouts, posited lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, made execs greedy.
    Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • The execs chuckled at the gesture but refused to put on the T-shirts, leaving only Friedman and Ullman to wear them.
    Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2023
  • So an exec won't be able to ask ChatGPT to come up with a story and ask writers to turn it into a script that the exec owns the rights to.
    Alex Cranz, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Kim challenged her to reach out to Disney exec Rob Mills to verify.
    Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • The exec also stated that the company would not be doing press.
    J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 19 July 2023
  • Michaels and Mike Shoemaker exec produce the series, which streams the next day on Peacock.
    Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
  • Oil and gas execs are hoarding their bonuses and profits on the backs of working people who have to drive to earn a living despite the price at the pump.
    Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
  • Gottwald also helped pave the way for his return to the mainstream by improving his behavior, the exec says.
    Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2023
  • But Clegg is not the first high-ranking exec to be relocating to London.
    Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022
  • Hurwitz said Cartoon Lizzie had a joke about checking that box twice, which execs maybe had issues with.
    Vulture, 17 Jan. 2024
  • Several of the major content execs who oversaw the platform’s celebrity-deal era are now out the door.
    Vulture, 28 June 2023
  • Derek Drennan’s petition for the new credit has been signed by more than 150 execs via LinkedIn as Deadline goes to press.
    Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 July 2024

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