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executive

[ig-zek-yuh-tiv] / ɪgˈzɛk jə tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
administrative
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Sam Altman, chief executive of OpenAI, posted a series of screenshots on X in 2025 that showed him asking Tesla for a refund of his Roadster reservation.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

“A stolen login credential should not become a months-long passport to millions of students’ personal records,” said Anton Dahbura, executive director of the Johns Hopkins University Information Security Institute.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026

"We are heartbroken by the passing of Hyron," said Lions chief executive Rudolf Straeuli.

From BBC ● Oct. 16, 2026

It’s telling that one of the few other CEOs who was also an executive during the dot-com bust has adopted a similar strategy to Dell: Corning’s Wendell Weeks.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

A few blocks away, A. L. Jackson, executive director of the local Wabash Street YMCA, was pushing in the same direction.

From "A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919" by Claire Hartfield

Now that the 4,400-square foot Wilmette store is open, Hermès executives see much more local clientele there.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2026

Hunt is turning to price increases to recoup costs, executives said on a call after the Lowell, Ark., company posted higher year-over-year profit in the third quarter, despite the higher expenses.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 16, 2026

The two companies representing Prince's interests in the DRC, Vectus Global and Quantum Global Consulting, maintain a presence in the national capital Kinshasa, but their executives keep a low profile.

From Barron's ● Oct. 16, 2026

Some analysts and bank executives have pushed the idea of a moratorium on this practice for a few years, which would yield an estimated extra £1bn per year for the Treasury.

From BBC ● Oct. 15, 2026

When Kenna’s album was making the rounds in New York, being considered by music industry executives, on three separate occasions it was given to an outside market-research firm.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell


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