working group
noun
British
: a group of people who investigate a particular problem and suggest ways of dealing with it
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This past spring, more than two years after the Texas working group proposed that the TWC add more than $2 billion to its budget, lawmakers finally agreed to an increase of $100 million for childcare scholarships.
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Lauren Hilgers, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
That request specified communications from the city’s Capital Improvement Budget committee and its staff, including a senior budget analyst for the city and a working group composed of representatives of different city departments and the CIB committee.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 21 Oct. 2025
Relman, like Adamala, was one of the early members of the working group and remembered keeping initial conversations under wraps.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Valdez got a different perspective when he was appointed to the nuclear working group at the National Conference of State Legislatures.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
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Lauren Hilgers, Harpers Magazine, 23 Nov. 2025
That request specified communications from the city’s Capital Improvement Budget committee and its staff, including a senior budget analyst for the city and a working group composed of representatives of different city departments and the CIB committee.
—Frederick Melo, Twin Cities, 21 Oct. 2025
Relman, like Adamala, was one of the early members of the working group and remembered keeping initial conversations under wraps.
—Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 17 Oct. 2025
Valdez got a different perspective when he was appointed to the nuclear working group at the National Conference of State Legislatures.
—Judith Kohler, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
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“Working group.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/working%20group. Accessed 1 Dec. 2025.
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