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
But the Moonbug exec argues that advertisers and others sometimes think of parents as a niche audience.
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
30 June 2026
The athlete and tech exec had a meet-cute straight out of a romcom in May 2015, as they were seated beside one another at a restaurant in Rome and happened to hit it off, per Vanity Fair.
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Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
30 June 2026
The exec who needs to go has almost always been protected by the same culture producing the flat sales.
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Audrey Russo,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, and Jennifer Hudson were expected to pay their respects to Clive Davis at the legendary record exec’s funeral Monday in New York City.
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Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
29 June 2026
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Georg Szalai,
HollywoodReporter,
30 June 2026
The athlete and tech exec had a meet-cute straight out of a romcom in May 2015, as they were seated beside one another at a restaurant in Rome and happened to hit it off, per Vanity Fair.
—
Bailey Bujnosek,
InStyle,
30 June 2026
The exec who needs to go has almost always been protected by the same culture producing the flat sales.
—
Audrey Russo,
Forbes.com,
29 June 2026
Bruce Springsteen, Alicia Keys, and Jennifer Hudson were expected to pay their respects to Clive Davis at the legendary record exec’s funeral Monday in New York City.
—
Daniel Kreps,
Rolling Stone,
29 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for exec
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Distinguished executives, including the likes of Dave Dombrowski and Andrew Friedman, have wanted no part of the Angels.
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The state of Illinois does not have parameters on how cannabis money has to be allocated, but traditionally the county has used the fund on public health and safety initiatives, said Mike Theodore, a spokesman for the county executive office.
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Kelce played a bully of a restaurant manager who fires a busboy (played by Bad Bunny).
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Offers three-credit-bureau monitoring, VPN, dark web monitoring, password manager, email aliases and instant credit lock.
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Led by Miles Macquarrie, the restaurant’s beverage director and winner of the 2024 Michelin Guide Exceptional Cocktails Award, the cocktail menu is extensive but intentionally curated.
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Adam Hoffer is director of excise tax policy at the Tax Foundation.
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San Juan High School administrators could not be reached for comment Monday.
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The ‘College-Enrollment Death Spiral’ and College Athletics The merger of Ursuline and Gannon stems in part from the enrollment challenges that have become a focal point of higher ed administrators across the country.
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While taking the ferry to Liberty Island, Muir spoke to Captain Hamilton Clancy, who grew up in the shadow of the statue as his grandfather used to be the superintendent of Liberty Island.
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How the office will change All of the state superintendent’s authority will transfer to the education commissioner, who will be named by the governor and then approved by the state Senate.
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“Exec.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/exec. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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