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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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Terra gave $90,000, mostly to commissioner committees.
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Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025
Among those is a resolution establishing committees and another establishing operating rules of the Senate.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
In passing the resolution along party lines, Democrats have allowed for transfers of non-public funds to state political committees to count as an expenditure during the surplus calculation.
—Ryan Silverstein, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Gowdy helped make Ratcliffe a go-to interrogator when congressional committees wanted to quiz the FBI or poke holes in the Russia investigation.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
The deceased were members of committees that assist in securing aid convoys, according to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, which received the bodies.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
The community set up committees to handle food, shelter, health and other critical needs, said George Anton, a Gazan who shelters at the Holy Family Church.
—Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
But an earlier attempt by aldermen to take more control of all-important committees was quickly put down.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2024
Super PACs, otherwise known as independent expenditure committees, focus on helping or attacking certain political candidates or issues, often by funding TV ad buys.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2024
Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 4 Jan. 2025
Among those is a resolution establishing committees and another establishing operating rules of the Senate.
—Lauren Peller, ABC News, 3 Jan. 2025
In passing the resolution along party lines, Democrats have allowed for transfers of non-public funds to state political committees to count as an expenditure during the surplus calculation.
—Ryan Silverstein, New York Daily News, 3 Jan. 2025
Gowdy helped make Ratcliffe a go-to interrogator when congressional committees wanted to quiz the FBI or poke holes in the Russia investigation.
—Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 3 Jan. 2025
The deceased were members of committees that assist in securing aid convoys, according to Al-Aqsa Martyrs Hospital, which received the bodies.
—Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
The community set up committees to handle food, shelter, health and other critical needs, said George Anton, a Gazan who shelters at the Holy Family Church.
—Aaron Boxerman, New York Times, 24 Dec. 2024
But an earlier attempt by aldermen to take more control of all-important committees was quickly put down.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2024
Super PACs, otherwise known as independent expenditure committees, focus on helping or attacking certain political candidates or issues, often by funding TV ad buys.
—Joe Mahr, Chicago Tribune, 22 Dec. 2024
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“Committees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/committees. Accessed 20 Jan. 2025.
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