subcommittee
noun
sub·com·mit·tee
ˈsəb-kə-ˌmi-tē 
ˌsəb-kə-ˈmi-
: a subdivision of a committee usually organized for a specific purpose
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The Senate has formed a subcommittee to set up an investigation.
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According to the spokesperson, the CSU’s Generative AI Advisory Committee and its three subcommittees unanimously recommended renewing the contract.
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Former Streets and Sidewalks subcommittee chair Eve Anderson led the push to make the first survey available at last year’s Beach Fest in October, netting almost 200 of the total 220 respondents.
—Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
Earlier this year, a subcommittee consisting of Trustees Katharine Hatch and Susan Rider, along with Irvin and Village Attorney Peter Friedman, was formed to examine the issue.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
Cherfilus-McCormick resigned in April just minutes before the House Ethics Committee was set to recommend sanctions for what a subcommittee found were 25 violations of House rules.
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Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 29 May 2026
Former Streets and Sidewalks subcommittee chair Eve Anderson led the push to make the first survey available at last year’s Beach Fest in October, netting almost 200 of the total 220 respondents.
—Steven Mihailovich, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 May 2026
Earlier this year, a subcommittee consisting of Trustees Katharine Hatch and Susan Rider, along with Irvin and Village Attorney Peter Friedman, was formed to examine the issue.
—Daniel I. Dorfman, Chicago Tribune, 22 May 2026
Cherfilus-McCormick resigned in April just minutes before the House Ethics Committee was set to recommend sanctions for what a subcommittee found were 25 violations of House rules.
—Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 22 May 2026
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subcommittee
noun
sub·com·mit·tee
ˈsəb-kə-ˌmit-ē
ˌsəb-kə-ˈmit-ē
: a part of a committee usually organized for a certain purpose
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subcommittee
noun
sub·com·mit·tee
ˈsəb-kə-ˌmi-tē
: a subdivision of a committee that is assigned a portion of the committee's jurisdiction, holds hearings, amends legislation, and reports to the committee
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