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Politburo standing committee member Cai Qi, China’s top diplomat Wang Yi and Vice Premier He Lifeng also attended the meeting along with the heads of China’s economic planning agency, finance ministry and commerce ministry.
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
The South Carolina senator has also become the first black chairman of a Senate standing committee, assuming the top spot on the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Jan. 2025
Tuesday’s City Council meeting agenda also includes 20 items on the consent calendar, including the confirmation of mayoral appointments for vice mayor, mayor pro tem, city council standing committees, various regional authorities, agencies and commissions.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025
Images of Moon with a furrowed brow calling a midnight emergency meeting of his National Security Council standing committee to respond to Trump’s latest move only play into North Korea’s hands by providing potential openings to create fissures in the U.S.–South Korean alliance.
—Victor Cha, Foreign Affairs, 1 June 2018
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Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025
The South Carolina senator has also become the first black chairman of a Senate standing committee, assuming the top spot on the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
—Samantha-Jo Roth, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 3 Jan. 2025
Tuesday’s City Council meeting agenda also includes 20 items on the consent calendar, including the confirmation of mayoral appointments for vice mayor, mayor pro tem, city council standing committees, various regional authorities, agencies and commissions.
—Rosalio Ahumada, Sacramento Bee, 3 Jan. 2025
Images of Moon with a furrowed brow calling a midnight emergency meeting of his National Security Council standing committee to respond to Trump’s latest move only play into North Korea’s hands by providing potential openings to create fissures in the U.S.–South Korean alliance.
—Victor Cha, Foreign Affairs, 1 June 2018
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for standing committee
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Commit To Governance And Continuous Improvement Commit to a strong ERP governance, which includes a steering committee for oversight and regular audits to assess system performance, like system uptime and user adoption.—
Shiv Kaushik,
Forbes.com,
8 Sep. 2025
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McCall resident Tomi Grote, a representative of the group’s steering committee and the former publisher of The Star-News in McCall, told the Idaho Statesman that the hospital district is an antiquated artifact of a bygone era.—
Angela Palermo,
Idaho Statesman,
18 Aug. 2025
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The subcommittee made the recommendation after nearly 20 minutes of discussion.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
23 Sep. 2025
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An indication of congressional thinking was given recently by a senator from Oklahoma, who spoke with some authority as a member of the appropriations subcommittee that handles Army and Navy requests for money.—
John Fischer,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
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“Standing committee.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/standing%20committee. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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