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.
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Assembling Your Governance Committee A cross-functional steering committee is vital, including legal, compliance, data, cybersecurity and business stakeholders.
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Blake Gibson, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Abu Rass, a member of the steering committee that oversaw this initiative, told me that the number of Palestinian citizens seeking advanced degrees grew from twenty-four thousand in 2010 to sixty-four thousand last year.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Previously, Austin-Stripling was on the steering committee of the Leadership Cabarrus Alumni Association.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2025
The department’s staff received feedback on the manual through a yearlong steering committee that broke off from the Cut the Tape task force, as well as from other city and state housing bodies.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025
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Blake Gibson, Forbes.com, 25 June 2025
Abu Rass, a member of the steering committee that oversaw this initiative, told me that the number of Palestinian citizens seeking advanced degrees grew from twenty-four thousand in 2010 to sixty-four thousand last year.
—Eyal Press, New Yorker, 9 June 2025
Previously, Austin-Stripling was on the steering committee of the Leadership Cabarrus Alumni Association.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 15 Apr. 2025
The department’s staff received feedback on the manual through a yearlong steering committee that broke off from the Cut the Tape task force, as well as from other city and state housing bodies.
—Lizzie Kane, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2025
See All Example Sentences for steering committee
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“Steering committee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steering%20committee. Accessed 7 Jul. 2025.
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