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
Hogue, former chair of the DI baseball committee, stepped away last June from administration to direct the center for sports broadcasting at Coastal Carolina’s Edwards College of Humanities and Fine Arts.
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Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 21 June 2025
Just know that distrust of the selection committee is rampant and common ground will continue to be elusive for the Big Ten and SEC.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 21 June 2025
Six out of nine of the BOE’s monetary policy committee opted to hold rates with three opting for a 25-basis-points cut.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 20 June 2025
One of the most effective vaccines available was going to become more accessible—until RFK Jr. dismissed the CDC’s advisory committee.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 June 2025
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Mitch Sherman, New York Times, 21 June 2025
Just know that distrust of the selection committee is rampant and common ground will continue to be elusive for the Big Ten and SEC.
—Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 21 June 2025
Six out of nine of the BOE’s monetary policy committee opted to hold rates with three opting for a 25-basis-points cut.
—Yeo Boon Ping, CNBC, 20 June 2025
One of the most effective vaccines available was going to become more accessible—until RFK Jr. dismissed the CDC’s advisory committee.
—Katherine J. Wu, The Atlantic, 19 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for committee
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There are three days and nights full of concerts, celebrity panels, brand activations, a film festival, after-parties, and all-around good times in the streets with your crew.—
Essence,
Essence,
23 June 2025
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The three-day event, sponsored by Cognizant and Google Cloud, includes panels, fireside chats, roundtable discussions and networking sessions with leaders in health care, tech, policymaking, media, finance and more.—
Lauren Giella,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 June 2025
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The following are suggestions to help complete the work of Juneteenth: President Donald Trump should create via executive order a commission to examine the harms of slavery and impact on current Black Americans.—
Willie Wilson,
Chicago Tribune,
19 June 2025
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That commission, set up by then-President Nelson Mandela, attempted to confront the atrocities of apartheid in the years after the system officially ended in 1994.—
Michelle Gumede,
Los Angeles Times,
19 June 2025
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The epiphany of common sense came late in an otherwise tedious congressional subcommittee hearing, and from a Democrat, Representative Jim Costa.—
Andreas Kluth,
Mercury News,
19 June 2025
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The subcommittee’s draft work plan calls for preparing a white paper later this year and then presenting its results before the city council in November or December.—
Rob Nikolewski,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
18 June 2025
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“Committee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/committee. Accessed 30 Jun. 2025.
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