politburo
noun
po·lit·bu·ro
ˈpä-lət-ˌbyu̇r-(ˌ)ō 
ˈpō-lət-,
pə-ˈlit-
: the principal policymaking and executive committee of a Communist party
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Hamas politburo member Ghazi Hamad seemed to confirm that assessment earlier this month when he was interviewed about the growing international commitment to recognizing a Palestinian state.
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2025
The pandemic saps some of the company’s momentum, and Zoom meetings tend to devolve into power plays among competing politburos, with LaBeouf exercising veto power.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2025
At the end of the Lebanese Civil War, two more bodies were added: an executive council and a politburo, or central political body.
—Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2024
In his remarks to Russia’s Security Council, a type of modern-day politburo of Putin’s most powerful officials including influential hawks, Putin said that work on amendments on changing the doctrine had been going on for the past year.
—Reuters, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
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Timothy Nerozzi, The Washington Examiner, 11 Aug. 2025
The pandemic saps some of the company’s momentum, and Zoom meetings tend to devolve into power plays among competing politburos, with LaBeouf exercising veto power.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 19 May 2025
At the end of the Lebanese Civil War, two more bodies were added: an executive council and a politburo, or central political body.
—Mireille Rebeiz, The Conversation, 28 Sep. 2024
In his remarks to Russia’s Security Council, a type of modern-day politburo of Putin’s most powerful officials including influential hawks, Putin said that work on amendments on changing the doctrine had been going on for the past year.
—Reuters, CNN, 25 Sep. 2024
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“Politburo.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/politburo. Accessed 3 Nov. 2025.
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