committee

as in panel
a select group of persons assigned to consider or take action on some matter a committee in charge of planning the organization's annual Christmas party

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Recent Examples of committee Republicans on the Senate committee on Friday voted unanimously to advance the bill, which will likely be scheduled for a public hearing. Ian Max Stevenson, Idaho Statesman, 17 Jan. 2025 But even that inclusive approach isn’t perfect, as Anne Lacy from the International Crane Foundation observed in her role on the study committee. Andrew McKean, Outdoor Life, 17 Jan. 2025 That figure tracks with what Energy Secretary Jennifer Granholm told a House committee last May. Joann Muller, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025 The Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States is a multiagency committee that scrutinizes foreign bids to acquire critical U.S. companies for risk to national security. Ellen Nakashima, arkansasonline.com, 6 Jan. 2025 See all Example Sentences for committee 
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Noun
  • This panel will examine how press, talent, studios, and publicity collaborate to draw audiences to films and series that may otherwise be overlooked.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 17 Jan. 2025
  • The others play more like live-action Far Side comic panels, only not that funny.
    Rebecca Alter, Vulture, 17 Jan. 2025
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  • Trump has appointed Musk and entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy to a special commission dubbed the Department of Government Efficiency that is tasked with streamlining and shrinking the size of the federal government.
    Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 15 Jan. 2025
  • Instead the commission, commonly referred to as BCDC, is holding a workshop Thursday to further vet the proposal.
    Adrian Rodriguez, The Mercury News, 15 Jan. 2025
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  • The results shaped the work of a dozen subcommittees, which investigated issues in more depth.
    Bruce W. Dearstyne / Made by History, TIME, 13 Jan. 2025
  • Gallego was the top Democrat on the Intelligence and Special Operations subcommittee in the House Armed Services Committee.
    Ronald J. Hansen, The Arizona Republic, 3 Jan. 2025

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“Committee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/committee. Accessed 21 Jan. 2025.

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