steering committee

noun

: a managing or directing committee

specifically : a committee that determines the order in which business will be taken up in a U.S. legislative body

Examples of steering committee in a Sentence

The CEO consulted with the project's steering committee and asked for a status report.

Recent Examples on the Web

Few will sit in a steering committee and say the executive team is the constraint. — Leslie Ellis, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026

Noah Suarez-Sikes, a member of DSA-LA’s steering committee, said his group expects Raman to follow through on her promise to create an Office of Tenant Protections to enforce the city’s laws protecting renters from harassment. — Itzel Luna, Los Angeles Times, 5 Nov. 2026

Over the past four months, community members opposing the sale have protested, started a petition with over 7,000 signatures, as well as forming the coalition and steering committee. — Charlotte Observer, 21 Oct. 2026

After that task force recommended closing at least three elementary schools and one middle school, a smaller steering committee reviewed individual schools, according to the district. — Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 3 Oct. 2026

Word History

First Known Use

1887, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for steering committee

• intercity
• lubricity
• pugnacity
• rhythmicity
• seismicity
• sphericity
• subcommittee
• tendinitis
• bitty
• city
• ditty
• gritty

Legal Definition

steering committee

noun

: a managing or directing committee

specifically : a committee that determines the order in which business will be taken up in a U.S. legislative body