executives

noun

Definition of executivesnext
plural of executive
as in managers
a person who manages or directs something a program that teaches company executives how to better manage their staffs

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for executives
  1. managers
  2. directors
  3. administrators
  4. superintendents
  5. supervisors
Noun
  • Beyond jolly attitudes among fund managers and other market participants, the phenomenon traces back to low trading volume and a lack of potentially harmful economic and earnings reports, though jolly attitudes among investors.
    Derek Saul, Forbes, 24 Dec. 2024
  • But far more significant is the fact that football, essentially, actively discourages managers to switch off.
    Rory Smith, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Definition of managers
Noun
  • The board approved the deal upon the recommendation of a special committee of independent directors that conducted a review of the transaction proposal submitted earlier this year.
    David Moin, WWD, 24 Dec. 2024
  • Hollywood loves directors who start small and go big.
    Hugh Hart, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of directors
Noun
  • Earlier this year, two teenagers filed a class-action lawsuit against a Kentucky youth detention center and its administrators, claiming that they were subjected to oppressive isolation, denied basic hygiene, showers, and medications, and forced to listen to a toddler song.
    Thao Nguyen, USA TODAY, 24 Dec. 2024
  • With fewer ships, administrators also increased the fees that shippers are charged to reserve slots to use the canal.
    Will Weissert, Los Angeles Times, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of administrators
Noun
  • Our action was to put a notice out to superintendents across the commonwealth as to what the law was.
    Hannah Pinski, The Courier-Journal, 20 Dec. 2024
  • Departures In some districts, conversations between superintendents and staff either did not take place or were not fruitful enough to make a difference before the superintendents were either replaced or took a leave of absence.
    Jessika Harkay, Hartford Courant, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of superintendents
Noun
  • The case supervisors and crime bosses are female, too—played by such veteran character actresses as Lancashire, Tracey Ullman, and a gnomic Kathryn Hunter.
    Inkoo Kang, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2024
  • After receiving staunch criticism about police pursuits, the NYPD switched gears, implementing new policies in which supervisors must approve police pursuits based on a number of factors, including if the decision to pursue could harm the public.
    Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 23 Dec. 2024
Definition of supervisors
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