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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 execs
Disney execs made the announcement at a 2025 preview held in Paris on Tuesday.
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Ben Croll, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
Big companies pay millions for security services to protect top execs.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Following the shocking murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel this week, security teams responsible for ensuring the safety of senior corporate execs are taking stock of their strategic plans.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Passing the Torch The best way to keep YA content alive is by continuously looking for fresh voices to bring new perspectives to the genre, the development execs agree, as is exemplified by the Cruel Intentions reboot.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
As cord-cutting has continued to erode ESPN subscriber numbers, execs made the call to bring the full ESPN offering into direct-to-consumer streaming.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2024
Mother Jones wrote that lobbyists hired by Qatar to win influence over the president in 2017 reported meetings with 15 execs, including Witkoff.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 4 Dec. 2024
Top execs are walking around Manhattan all day long unprotected, Glen Kucera, president of Enhanced Protection Services at Allied Universal, tells Axios.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
In a recent format shift, Netflix made the video earnings call a live event and ditched the previous setup, in which an analyst would moderate the call and pepper execs with questions.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
Ben Croll, Variety, 10 Dec. 2024
Big companies pay millions for security services to protect top execs.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Following the shocking murder of the CEO of UnitedHealthcare outside a Midtown Manhattan hotel this week, security teams responsible for ensuring the safety of senior corporate execs are taking stock of their strategic plans.
—Todd Spangler, Variety, 6 Dec. 2024
Passing the Torch The best way to keep YA content alive is by continuously looking for fresh voices to bring new perspectives to the genre, the development execs agree, as is exemplified by the Cruel Intentions reboot.
—Lynette Rice, Deadline, 6 Dec. 2024
As cord-cutting has continued to erode ESPN subscriber numbers, execs made the call to bring the full ESPN offering into direct-to-consumer streaming.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 4 Dec. 2024
Mother Jones wrote that lobbyists hired by Qatar to win influence over the president in 2017 reported meetings with 15 execs, including Witkoff.
—Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 4 Dec. 2024
Top execs are walking around Manhattan all day long unprotected, Glen Kucera, president of Enhanced Protection Services at Allied Universal, tells Axios.
—Nathan Bomey, Axios, 4 Dec. 2024
In a recent format shift, Netflix made the video earnings call a live event and ditched the previous setup, in which an analyst would moderate the call and pepper execs with questions.
—Dade Hayes, Deadline, 17 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for execs
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Today, developers, product managers and data science teams can and are benefitting significantly from a culture of experimentation.Dan Rogers, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Seeing the asset growth in SMAs over the last decade, the company began offering portfolio management solutions for larger asset money managers in that space as well.Barnet Sherman, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Our company's Policy Engine, for example, enables granular control over transaction approvals, user permissions, and access settings—allowing administrators to tailor workflows to fit specific operational needs and compliance requirements.Lior Lamesh, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Database administrators will use it to optimize queries and automate the generation of schema and scripts.Bernard Marr, Forbes, 11 Dec. 2024
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Of the 87 feature films announced thus far, 36 titles (41 percent) are directed by first-time feature film directors.Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2024
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Episode directors include Robert Alexander, Marshall Curry, Neil Berkeley and Jason Zeldes.Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 11 Dec. 2024
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Other updates will limit the number of student assessments, while adding trainings for district superintendents, principals and teachers.Cayla Bamberger, New York Daily News, 6 Dec. 2024
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More than two dozen superintendents and district communications representatives contacted by the Associated Press either ignored or declined requests for comment.Bianca Vázquez Toness, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024
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“Execs.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/execs. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.
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