How to Use head honcho in a Sentence

head honcho

noun
  • Earnings aside, this has been a big week for Meta’s head honcho.
    — Alexandra Sternlicht, Fortune, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Or elevate a single man as head honcho?
    — Kate Linthicum, Los Angeles Times, 27 Feb. 2026
  • 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
  • Even before the pandemic altered the tenor of the workplace, being the big cheese, taskmaster, and head honcho was passé.
    — John Hall, Forbes, 22 Dec. 2024
  • Ferrari’s head honcho Benedetto Vigna chalks up the success to a strong business model.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 3 Feb. 2022
  • 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
  • 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
  • Centre-backs need style and substance, the capacity to play Hollywood passes and be the head honcho.
    — Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
  • Aside from riding around the Big Apple, the Dreamville head honcho was also seen last month chilling by himself on the beach.
    — Regina Cho, VIBE.com, 28 June 2024
  • Housewives head honcho Andy Cohen, naturally, isn't naming names quite yet.
    — Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 24 Mar. 2022
  • Often, a team replacing its top front office executive will allow the new head honcho to choose a new manager and overhaul the coaching staff.
    — Gabrielle Starr, Boston Herald, 1 May 2026
  • Further research is needed to learn more about the secret lives of queen cell-building bees and the exact combination of factors that produce the hive's head honcho.
    — ABC News, 3 June 2026
  • How does the Bruins’ soon-to-be head honcho affect their incoming recruiting class – as signing day approaches – for better or worse?
    — Benjamin Royer, Oc Register, 30 Nov. 2025
  • Robbie has been a mainstay in DC, and there were talks that DCU head honcho James Gunn would bring her back.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 4 Dec. 2025
  • The Polish Film Institute has named its new head honcho two months after dismissing the previous one.
    — Max Goldbart, Deadline, 24 June 2024
  • Alyce says that Daemon only needs the support of Grover Tully, the head honcho of the Riverlands; his sub-houses will fall in line.
    — Omar L. Gallaga, Washington Post, 22 July 2024
  • The Dreamville head honcho ate up the opportunity, delivering a long verse loaded with confident boasts and strong wordplay.
    — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 27 Sep. 2024
  • It is well known that DCU head honcho James Gunn is planning on bringing in a new actor to take on the role of Batman.
    — James Brizuela, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Aug. 2025
  • Naturally, when Paramount head honcho David Ellison swings by, everyone pops up and says hello to the boss.
    — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 Jan. 2026
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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, 28 Sep. 2021
  • 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
  • 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
  • Disney+ Hotstar India’s new head honcho has years of experience in penetrating the Indian market. Sajith Sivanandan, who will join the leading OTT platform in October, has been with Google for almost 15 years.
    — Ananya Bhattacharya, Quartz, 24 Aug. 2022
  • The demon’s toot in Dante’s Inferno In canto 21, in some literal circle of hell or other, the poet sees a troop of demons sticking their tongues out as a signal to their head honcho.
    — Literary Hub, 4 May 2026

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