Security Council

noun

: a permanent council of the United Nations with primary responsibility for maintaining peace and security

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Once inaugurated, President Trump can speed things along by gathering the remnants of America’s sleepy and fragmented maritime bureaucracy under the umbrella of an empowered and dynamic maritime leader—in a new Cabinet-level post or a high-level Directorship at the National Security Council. —

Craig Hooper, Forbes, 17 Jan. 2025 Shoigu was demoted from his longtime role as defense minister in May 2024 and made the secretary of Russia's Security Council. —

Yaakov Katz, Newsweek, 17 Jan. 2025 Crenshaw also said that a Turner deputy was recently blocked from going to the National Security Council as a part of the fallout. —

Emily Brooks, The Hill, 16 Jan. 2025 Today, the Security Council is dealing with various conflicts in Africa, Asia, Europe and the Middle East. —

Abiodun Williams, The Conversation, 16 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for Security Council

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First Known Use

1944, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of Security Council was in 1944

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