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committees

noun

plural of committee

as in panels

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 Mejia has brought in less than $150,000 in direct contributions, while Sokoloff has raised more than $1 million in direct contributions from candidate committees through the latest filing period. —

Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 22 May 2026 But the measure doesn’t prevent search committees from submitting a single name as a finalist, essentially moving the entire search process behind closed doors. —

Gray Rohrer, Sun Sentinel, 22 May 2026 Bargaining committees for both contracts have unanimously recommended the deal for ratification. —

Katie Kilkenny, HollywoodReporter, 22 May 2026 Jones’ bill has so far unanimously passed the state Senate’s judiciary and local government committees. —

Lucas Robinson, San Diego Union-Tribune, 20 May 2026 Egan testified before legislative committees, as did other patients who said magic mushrooms helped with what had been untreatable depression, PTSD, addiction and other mental illnesses. —

Esme Murphy, CBS News, 19 May 2026 Tennessee Republicans redrew the state’s congressional map to get rid of its only Black-majority district, in Memphis, then stripped Democrats who protested the move of their membership in state house committees. —

Adam Serwer, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026 Last month, the Protect Our Games Act also received positive votes from the California Assembly’s Privacy and Consumer Protection and Judiciary committees. —

Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 15 May 2026 Both the Long Range and the Citizens Bond Advisory committees were tasked with coming up with the criteria that would be used by the district to make recommendations. —

Fousia Abdullahi, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 15 May 2026

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But there are a lot of screens used for effects in the show, running up the walls of the theater, moving as giant panels on stage and providing narration from a digital blob — sorta Siri, sorta Tron, sorta all-knowing being.

— Dewayne Bevil, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 May 2026
Each of the panels features a mismatched print as the colors run from a light tan to brown and finally black from top to bottom.

— Ian Servantes, Footwear News, 22 May 2026