CEO
Americanabbreviation
abbreviation
Etymology
Origin of CEO
First recorded in 1910–15; originally Australian
Example Sentences
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It has a strange title — “Apple Event Live. Ceo of Apple Tim Cook: Apple & Metaverse in 2022.” — and it’s showing an old interview that CNN conducted with Cook in 2018.
From The Verge • Sep. 7, 2022
“He was never going to give up,” his son Ceo said.
From New York Times • May 25, 2011
Besides Ceo, Mr. Wimmer is survived by another son, Geordie, and four grandchildren.
From New York Times • May 25, 2011
Since 1968, Ceo Wimmer said, he had been an adjunct professor of English and creative writing at more than two dozen colleges.
From New York Times • May 25, 2011
Li rois li dist qu’il fera Ceo qu’ele li comandera.
From The Lay of Havelok the Dane by Unknown
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