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steering committee

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as in standing committee

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Recent Examples of steering committee Several members of the steering committee for the region’s campaign, The Sacramento Pitch, have been individually meeting with interested investors, said West Sacramento Mayor Martha Guerrero. — Sacbee.com, 28 Sep. 2026 Jean Wactawski-Wende, PhD, dean of the University of Buffalo’s School of Public Health and an epidemiologist who researches what influences women’s health and led the Women’s Health Initiative (WHI) steering committee. — Helen Carefoot, Flow Space, 17 Sep. 2026 The companies will oversee their work through a joint steering committee involving technical and executive leaders. — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 20 Aug. 2026 Resident John Bellos is part of the resident steering committee working on the purchase effort and says this notice gives residents a deadline to work toward. — Sarah Horbacewicz, CBS News, 11 Aug. 2026 See All Example Sentences for steering committee

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Observers will watch closely for whether a younger generation of cadres will get promoted into key positions of power, especially the party’s politburo and its standing committee, the equivalent of Xi’s inner circle.

— Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 30 Sep. 2026
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, ABC News, 22 Feb. 2026

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When the union agreed to the current deal, the executive subcommittee voted against it but team player representatives voted 26-4 in favor for an overall 26-12 approval.

— ABC News, ABC News, 29 Oct. 2026
Ask it to make sure nothing gets missed, and the checklist may develop subcommittees.

— Morissa Schwartz, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026

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