nonexecutive director

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a director of a commercial company who is not a full-time member of the company but is brought in to advise the other directors

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Words nearby nonexecutive director

non-Euclidean geometry, nonevent, No news is good news, nonexclusive, nonexecutive, nonexecutive director, nonexempt, nonexistence, nonexistent, nonexportation, nonfat

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How to use nonexecutive director in a sentence

Toomey lives here with her husband, Mark, a managing director at Goldman Sachs, and their two daughters.
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Decades ago, the writer-director wrote an episode of the animated comedy that never was.
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This is a Hollywood director at the height of his powers creating original, wildly ambitious epics.
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This is not the first time the director has fallen for Russian propaganda.
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His surprise marriage to theater director Sophie Hunter may have broken hearts, but the squeals of delight were even louder.
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He then received the honour of knighthood but had retired from active service and become a director of his company.
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The Briton, holding the documents in a pudgy hand, looked at the swift-gestured director with portentous solemnity.
The Joyous Adventures of Aristide Pujol|William J. Locke
Mr. Jump, a director on the mine, pointed out a balance-beam that Mr. Trevithick had put up thirty years before.
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A director who performs a different service, serves as an attorney, for example, may receive compensation for it.
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Suppose each director of a bank wished to obtain a loan of money from it.
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