working group

noun

British
: a group of people who investigate a particular problem and suggest ways of dealing with it

Examples of working group in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Every other year, a GSA and Office of Management and Budget working group would review the technology used by the federal government to suggest updates to the standards. Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 8 Apr. 2024 All of that could change dramatically if new criteria proposed by an Alzheimer’s Association working group are widely adopted. Paula Span, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024 His administration went on to host an annual White House summit on tribal nations, and convened an interagency working group that spent a year developing government-wide guidance on indigenous knowledge. James Broughel, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 This is the third such meeting of the economic working group, which has always been expected to meet regularly. Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024 The council’s Housing, Safety and Community Committee is interested in putting together an ad hoc working group of stakeholders to address three key issues, committee chair Victoria Watlington said Tuesday at the council’s annual retreat in Winston-Salem. Mary Ramsey, Charlotte Observer, 23 Jan. 2024 That’s why the working group created tools to assist agencies with defining a problem and to assess the organization’s appetite for risk. Gisele Waters, IEEE Spectrum, 26 Mar. 2024 After the working group affirmed that decision last month, UC notified high school counselors and other educators. Teresa Watanabe, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024 Cuellar said the working group has not scheduled any meetings yet but plans to address everything from the flow of drugs across ports of entry to deportation strategies. Marianna Sotomayor, Washington Post, 8 Mar. 2024

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“Working group.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/working%20group. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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