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executive

[ig-zek-yuh-tiv] / ɪgˈzɛk yə tɪv /
ADJECTIVE
administrative
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This new season is called Becoming Justice Gorsuch, and is hosted by Slate executive editor Susan Matthews.

From Slate • May 14, 2026

The chief executive of the travel operator Tui, Sebastien Ebel, also said he did not expect shortages over the coming months.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

While seemingly every retail executive has talked up their efforts to embrace artificial intelligence over the past few years, actual help from AI assistants remains glitchy.

From MarketWatch • May 13, 2026

They include Steve Lessing, a former Lehman Brothers Holdings and Barclays executive who worked with Bush and with Finback founding partner Jack Oliver in years past.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 13, 2026

By making the implementation an executive action headed by Washington, Jefferson and Madison demonstrated that, “plighted faith” notwithstanding, they were taking no chances.

From "Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation" by Joseph J. Ellis




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