How to Use head honcho in a Sentence

head honcho

noun
  • Here are five things to know about the new head honcho.
    Tori Otten, The New Republic, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Earnings aside, this has been a big week for Meta’s head honcho.
    Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2024
  • The list of things that went right for the Sacramento Kings under head honcho Vlade Divac is a short one.
    Sean Deveney, Forbes, 28 June 2021
  • And something the head honcho will surely write about in her next annual report.
    Karen Hopkin, Scientific American, 16 June 2022
  • Kyle Whittingham, who was his position coach his senior year, is now the head honcho.
    Alex Vejar, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Mar. 2022
  • The Front Man is the Squid Game's head honcho and enigmatic leader in charge of operating the games and monitors as things unfold.
    Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The Front Man is the Squid Game's head honcho, the enigmatic leader in charge of operating the games and monitoring as things unfold.
    Jasmine Washington, Seventeen, 21 July 2022
  • Ferrari’s head honcho Benedetto Vigna chalks up the success to a strong business model.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2022
  • Marvel head honcho Kevin Feige is bound to bring actors, filmmakers and some big surprises at the first in-person Comic-Con in three years.
    Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 23 July 2022
  • Saturday Night Live head honcho Lorne Michaels came through on his recent promise to add at least four cast members to the late-night sketch-comedy series.
    Nick Romano, EW.com, 15 Sep. 2022
  • Assistant coach Taira Uematsu and Alec Burg, the bullpen catcher, have assumed those duties, with an assist from the head honcho who was once a backstop himself.
    Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2024
  • Odin, the Norse head honcho, is their foe (Richard Schiff adeptly oscillates between paternal and sinister).
    Lewis Gordon, Vulture, 3 Nov. 2022
  • Trump’s anger reportedly prompted his team’s efforts to lobby Fox head honcho Rupert Murdoch to retract the call.
    Margaret Sullivan, Washington Post, 13 June 2022
  • Bringing back Iger, a head honcho respected by investors and creatives, signals a bold move—one that’s already sent analysts chirping about the Mouse House’s rebound.
    WIRED, 25 Nov. 2022
  • There is no head honcho in college football; each of the powerful major conferences governs itself.
    Laine Higgins and Louise Radnofsky, WSJ, 17 Oct. 2020
  • Housewives head honcho Andy Cohen, naturally, isn't naming names quite yet.
    Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Sylvie—the high-profile, no-nonsense, extremely French head honcho of Savoir Agency—always represents the ultra-luxurious, traditional Parisian woman.
    Bianca Betancourt, Harper's BAZAAR, 21 Dec. 2022

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