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