How to Use exec in a Sentence

exec

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  • For the most part though, these execs are the outliers.
    — Byluisa Beltran, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2023
  • Of course, that same exec gets down on his knees later to beg her to sign.
    — Rick Mauch, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The Apple exec would not say what’s coming to the iPad Pro in terms of software.
    — Jacob Siegal, BGR, 23 Apr. 2021
  • The exec said that Google would only reveal the prices and release date in the fall during the launch event.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 3 Aug. 2021
  • So, Hawkins purchased a book and read all about one of the greatest baseball execs of all time.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023
  • The cult feel of the first few iPhone events is long gone, but now what these execs say can affect the lives of a billion-plus people.
    — Joanna Stern, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2023
  • In November 2022 the board ousted Chapek and brought Iger back on as chief exec.
    — Todd Spangler, Variety, 22 Nov. 2024
  • Literally, an exec sent over a bunch of DVDs and told them to pick one.
    — Emily Tannenbaum, Glamour, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Even a top exec at J.D. Power said he was surprised by the results.
    — Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 28 Feb. 2023
  • When the execs were asked about the potential of a minority stake sale in the future, Lesane left the door open.
    — Eric Jackson, Sportico.com, 13 Aug. 2024
  • But then the pandemic hit, execs opted to stay remote, and the office went up for sale.
    — Curbed, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Dallas hired a search firm and plans to hire at least one external exec ...
    — Dallas News, 23 June 2021
  • There’s the sort of nonsense comedy with Morgan the TV exec.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 26 July 2022
  • The exec says the shows were not made by throwing money at a random group of pornographers.
    — Joe Otterson, Variety, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Others are ready for the golf course and family time at a certain point, or to become a coach or exec.
    — James Mirtle, The Athletic, 20 Feb. 2025
  • At one point, they’re nagged by an obnoxious British record exec ready to exploit them for the U.K. market.
    — Margaret Farrell, SPIN, 14 June 2024
  • The exec might not have named No Way Home explicitly here.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 14 Aug. 2021
  • Amazon’s own execs have told me the company plans to roll out more updates.
    — Sheena Vasani, The Verge, 31 July 2024
  • High payouts, posited lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, made execs greedy.
    — Nicole Goodkind, CNN, 17 May 2023
  • Hanni didn’t look convinced that Kim wanted to help, and at one point, said as much directly to the exec.
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 15 Jan. 2025
  • The execs chuckled at the gesture but refused to put on the T-shirts, leaving only Friedman and Ullman to wear them.
    — Luisa Beltran, Fortune, 27 Nov. 2023
  • So an exec won't be able to ask ChatGPT to come up with a story and ask writers to turn it into a script that the exec owns the rights to.
    — Alex Cranz, The Verge, 27 Sep. 2023
  • Kim challenged her to reach out to Disney exec Rob Mills to verify.
    — Dana Rose Falcone, Peoplemag, 12 July 2023
  • The exec also stated that the company would not be doing press.
    — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 19 July 2023
  • Michaels and Mike Shoemaker exec produce the series, which streams the next day on Peacock.
    — Lesley Goldberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 13 May 2024
  • Oil and gas execs are hoarding their bonuses and profits on the backs of working people who have to drive to earn a living despite the price at the pump.
    — Gabe Kaminsky, Washington Examiner, 5 May 2023
  • Gottwald also helped pave the way for his return to the mainstream by improving his behavior, the exec says.
    — Brian Hiatt, Rolling Stone, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The exec has been working on Android tablets since March 2021, if not earlier.
    — Chris Smith, BGR, 28 Jan. 2022
  • But Clegg is not the first high-ranking exec to be relocating to London.
    — Sophie Mellor, Fortune, 3 Aug. 2022
  • This time, Lopez and the Hollywood exec both coordinated in bedazzled looks.
    — Angel Saunders, People.com, 25 Jan. 2025

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