How to Use exec in a Sentence
exec
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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 -
Rob Ree will exec produce, with Aimee Rivera overseeing the project for Skydance.
— Matt Grobar, Deadline, 16 Aug. 2024 -
Pedowitz was among the execs who were pushed out late last year after Nexstar formally took control of The CW.
— Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 9 May 2023 -
Owners and front-office execs like to be involved in selecting a coach.
— Jeff Zillgitt, USA TODAY, 17 May 2023 -
Puck was the first to report on the former Disney execs tapped to advise the studio on its linear TV businesses.
— Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 31 July 2023 -
Restaurants used to be able to plan on business from studios, whether that meant catering or execs stopping in at spots close to their offices.
— Tori Latham, Robb Report, 21 Dec. 2023 -
Industry execs thought the blowup could have positive long-term effects.
— Andrew R. Chow, TIME, 8 Oct. 2024 -
Yet, enterprise execs don’t see the value of the IT department, according to industry surveys.
— Chris Westfall, Forbes, 8 Oct. 2024
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