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a select group of persons assigned to consider or take action on some matter
a committee in charge of planning the organization's annual Christmas party
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Recent Examples of committees
The likes of JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, Bridgewater Associates founder Ray Dalio, and Citadel CEO Ken Griffin have all sounded the alarm from the private sector on government debt, and public committees are ramping up their warnings on Capitol Hill about the future of America’s finances.
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Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
That bill received a public hearing in May but hasn't gotten votes in committees or the full Assembly or Senate, required steps on the path to become law.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Patty Jurich Patty Jurich served as the president of the Kansas State PTA from 2021 to 2023, and has been appointed to Kansas State Department of Education committees since 2009.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Today, Merkley serves on key Senate committees and chairs subcommittees on environmental justice and chemical safety.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Otherwise, cities will generally have separate web pages for their boards and committees.
—Shawn Raymundo, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Borseth said he is actively involved in several school and community activities, has coached multiple youth sports programs and advised student council and prom committees.
—Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
And there are serious issues to work through with the NCAA’s soccer oversight committees, including gender-equity concerns and how cooperation with the sport’s national governing body, not to mention FIFA, would work.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025
National committees, defending their narrow House edge, should allocate $5 million – $10 million to ads contrasting hallmark Democrat disorder in the political and social spheres with GOP solutions that are pro-business, pro-family, pro-law and order.
—Kristin Tate, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Preston Fore, Fortune, 23 Oct. 2025
That bill received a public hearing in May but hasn't gotten votes in committees or the full Assembly or Senate, required steps on the path to become law.
—Hope Karnopp, jsonline.com, 23 Oct. 2025
Patty Jurich Patty Jurich served as the president of the Kansas State PTA from 2021 to 2023, and has been appointed to Kansas State Department of Education committees since 2009.
—Eleanor Nash, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
Today, Merkley serves on key Senate committees and chairs subcommittees on environmental justice and chemical safety.
—Amanda Castro, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Otherwise, cities will generally have separate web pages for their boards and committees.
—Shawn Raymundo, AZCentral.com, 22 Oct. 2025
Borseth said he is actively involved in several school and community activities, has coached multiple youth sports programs and advised student council and prom committees.
—Talia McWright, Twin Cities, 19 Oct. 2025
And there are serious issues to work through with the NCAA’s soccer oversight committees, including gender-equity concerns and how cooperation with the sport’s national governing body, not to mention FIFA, would work.
—Luke Cyphers, Sportico.com, 16 Oct. 2025
National committees, defending their narrow House edge, should allocate $5 million – $10 million to ads contrasting hallmark Democrat disorder in the political and social spheres with GOP solutions that are pro-business, pro-family, pro-law and order.
—Kristin Tate, Boston Herald, 15 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for committees
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The foundation hosts biannual congresses, with panels devoted to discussing recent threats to the rule of law, and awarding honors to lawyers who defend it.—
Fabio Bertoni,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
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Archaeologists analyzed the monument’s carvings, which feature 123 hieroglyphic panels that chronicle the city’s story.—
Maria Mocerino,
Interesting Engineering,
25 Oct. 2025
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Ino also announced that to recognize the outstanding efforts of film commissions, which play an indispensable role in location shooting, the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry has established a new Minister’s Award this year.—
Mark Schilling,
Variety,
27 Oct. 2025
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Other blue states have implemented checks on gerrymandering powers by mandating commissions be the ones to redraw maps rather than legislatures.—
David Zimmermann,
The Washington Examiner,
27 Oct. 2025
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Today, Merkley serves on key Senate committees and chairs subcommittees on environmental justice and chemical safety.—
Amanda Castro,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Government shutdowns are a relatively recent phenomenon The appropriations process is notoriously complicated, with each of 12 House and Senate subcommittees required to produce a bill to fund particular areas of the government.—
Rachel Treisman,
NPR,
1 Oct. 2025
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“Committees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/committees. Accessed 31 Oct. 2025.
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