honcho
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Or elevate a single man as head honcho?
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 27, 2026
Finally, Mr. Reiner prevailed upon Norman Lear—once his boss on “All in the Family,” then the head honcho of Embassy Pictures—to provide backing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 17, 2025
The band jumped over to the Sony Music label B1, whose head honcho is Wolfgang Boss - one of the first people to champion Clean Bandit back in the 2010s.
From BBC ● Aug. 20, 2024
Pecker’s testimony was completely confirmed later on in the trial by Cohen, though he came off as a far less credible witness than the National Enquirer honcho.
From Slate ● May 29, 2024
"So, who's in town? Spielberg? The head honcho from Disney?"
From "City of the Plague God" by Sarwat Chadda
Like his character in “Curb,” Mr. David has been reluctant to tolerate life’s small idiocies—or the larger ones he perceives emanating from network and production-company honchos.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
Presumably, if the administration honchos really think that is the case, they will rush out today and throw all of their money into these grossly undervalued bonds.
From MarketWatch ● Aug. 21, 2026
Some honchos called it a “dangerous precedent” that would be potentially fatal to the studio system.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 12, 2026
Friction ensued between Rees and private-credit honchos Ostrover and Lipschultz.
From Barron's ● Oct. 24, 2025
A culture gap and the disproportionate influence that India’s founding generation of company honchos still wield over their companies continue to stymie those wanting access to a $25 billion market.
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
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