as in executive
a person who manages or directs something
a restaurant where the city's top execs like to have power lunches
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Recent Examples of exec
Rudd and Ortega play a father and daughter who accidentally hit a unicorn with their rental car on their way to meet his boss — billionaire pharmaceutical exec Odell Leopold (Grant), who is dying of a terminal illness — at a luxury wilderness reserve retreat in the Canadian Rockies.
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2025
The pair of execs were joined in cameo appearances by a veritable who’s who of Disney A-listers, including Marvel’s Kevin Feige, Pixar’s Pete Docter, The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau and Disney Imagineering chief Bruce Vaughn.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
Most gamers assume that their money goes into a game publisher’s vault filled with money, where execs dive into mountains of gold coins and then use that money to develop new games.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
However, the originals were not delivering the payback YouTube execs anticipated via subscriptions.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
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Lisa Gutierrez, Kansas City Star, 10 Mar. 2025
The pair of execs were joined in cameo appearances by a veritable who’s who of Disney A-listers, including Marvel’s Kevin Feige, Pixar’s Pete Docter, The Mandalorian creator Jon Favreau and Disney Imagineering chief Bruce Vaughn.
—Alex Weprin, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Mar. 2025
Most gamers assume that their money goes into a game publisher’s vault filled with money, where execs dive into mountains of gold coins and then use that money to develop new games.
—Ollie Barder, Forbes, 6 Mar. 2025
However, the originals were not delivering the payback YouTube execs anticipated via subscriptions.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exec
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The plane was registered to U.S. Bank executive Terry Dolan, the company confirmed Sunday.—
John Bacon,
USA Today,
30 Mar. 2025
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Many put the blame on the meager tax credits offered by the California government, and while there are efforts underway to raise these figures, Glatter believes entertainment executives also need to do their part.—
Harrison Richlin,
IndieWire,
30 Mar. 2025
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Even historically celebrated geniuses like Albert Einstein or Steve Jobs benefited immensely from working in fields that were fertile with change, ripe for disruption, and full of hard-working builders, makers, managers, and workers.—
Mark Nevins,
Forbes,
24 Mar. 2025
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McNeese has grabbed a number of headlines this week—not just for its upset and Wade’s employment future, but also thanks to the team’s student manager, Amir Khan, who went viral on social media and is now signing NIL deals.—
Eben Novy-Williams,
Sportico.com,
22 Mar. 2025
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Maryland will hire a new athletic director, and that person will have the chance to decide what kind of department the state’s flagship university should have.—
Childs Walker,
Baltimore Sun,
28 Mar. 2025
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There is also ambiguity about the safety of ingredients used as substitutes for BPA in these cans, says Samara Geller, EWG’s senior director of consumer safety science. PFAS, chemicals used for their non-stick properties in aluminum and plastic, are also associated with cancer.—
Matt Fuchs,
Time,
27 Mar. 2025
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At the same time, with fewer experienced administrators on staff, industry influence over regulatory decisions will likely only grow stronger.—
Simon F. Haeder,
The Conversation,
31 Mar. 2025
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For example, Joel Montalbano, the space agency’s deputy associate administrator for the Space Operations Mission Directorate, addressed the matter after Williams and Wilmore splashed down off the coast of Florida.—
Ashley Strickland,
CNN Money,
31 Mar. 2025
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Last year, the state passed a law allowing parents, guardians or school superintendents to waive the 30-hour work week limit for 16- and 17-year-olds during the school year.—
Doug Melville,
Forbes.com,
1 Apr. 2025
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Richly paid superintendents often retire with multimillion-dollar lifetime pension benefits.—
The Editorial Board,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Mar. 2025
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“Exec.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exec. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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