executive council

noun

: a council constituted to advise or share in the functions of a political executive

: a council that exercises supreme executive power

Examples of executive council in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Fain attended, and the AFL-CIO's executive council unanimously reaffirmed its commitment to re-electing Biden. —

Allende Miglietta, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2024 The leaders will convene in December at a meeting of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s executive council. —

Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2024 Around 2015, the plea agreement said, the Boilermakers’ executive council adopted a new vacation policy that required all employees to take at least two weeks’ vacation a year and not carry it over from year to year. —

Judy L. Thomas, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024 The Flandreau Santee Sioux Tribe's executive council voted Tuesday to keep Noem from their reservation. —

Jennifer Borresen, USA TODAY, 14 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for executive council

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Word History

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of executive council was in 1775

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