executive class
Americannoun
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Etymology
Origin of executive class
First recorded in 1960–65
Example Sentences
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She made cuts to a bloated executive class, a legacy of the company’s brief time as a top 100 company on the Australian stock exchange, and closed offices in Sydney and elsewhere.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2026
The centerpiece of his line soon became an executive class “power suit” with broad shoulders and narrow hips to recall Cary Grant in the 1940s.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 4, 2025
“How much is enough for the executive class, how much is enough for the shareholders?”
From The New Yorker • Sep. 26, 2019
"Now there seems to be an executive class and they have never written and never directed," the Sun reported the 73-year-old as saying.
From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2013
The well-to-do executive class forming the last group had the greatest cause to feel alarmed at the consequences which might follow upon the war.
From Cecil Rhodes Man and Empire-Maker by Radziwill, Catherine, Princess
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