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standing committee

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as in steering committee

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Recent Examples of standing committee The most notable change to the new Central Committee list was the exclusion of Choe Ryong Hae, chairman of the standing committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly, who during an earlier part of Kim’s rule was seen as the second most powerful individual in Pyongyang. — ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026 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. — Evelyn Cheng, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for standing committee

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The board will hear the steering committee’s recommendations at its September meeting, then vote on closures at its October meeting.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 9 July 2026
Led by the Lake County Health Department and Lake County Community Foundation, of the 14 steering committee members, five are hospitals but the only general hospital in northeast Lake County — Vista Medical Center East — is not among them.

— Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 12 June 2026

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When the presidential search resumed in March, the subcommittee started back up with similar membership, including one faculty member from each of the colleges and the vice president, president and past president of the faculty Senate.

— Becca Savransky, Idaho Statesman, 14 July 2026
The two justices are scheduled to testify on Tuesday afternoon to the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on financial services and general government.

— Dan Mangan, CNBC, 14 July 2026

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