subcommittees

plural of subcommittee
as in panels
a part of a committee that is organized for a certain purpose The Senate has formed a subcommittee to set up an investigation.

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Recent Examples of subcommittees Ask it to make sure nothing gets missed, and the checklist may develop subcommittees. — Morissa Schwartz, Fortune, 16 Oct. 2026 Members met monthly, sometimes as a group and sometimes in subcommittees devoted to areas including healthcare and education. — Zoey Thomas, Miami Herald, 7 Oct. 2026 Additionally, Kiley highlighted an issue with a current congressional rule, which requires representatives who leave a party caucus or conference to vacate their seats on committees and subcommittees. — Noe Padilla, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2026 Some selectors excluded from the 25-person selection committee could still serve on subcommittees for coach and contributor candidates. — Mike Sando, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026 Two town council subcommittees began working on identifying options for finding the next town attorney, according to Moore’s August newsletter. — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 20 Aug. 2026 Unlike most congressional committees, the House Ethics Committee and its investigatory and adjudicatory subcommittees all operate with equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans. — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 12 Aug. 2026 Committees have borne subcommittees, which have produced feasibility studies, amendments and hours of debate. — ABC News, 24 July 2026 If Democrats regain control of the House this fall, DeGette could lead one of the most powerful subcommittees in Congress. — Elliott Wenzler, Denver Post, 31 May 2026
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Noun
  • Improvements in materials, motors and energy storage could help narrow the gap between what the panels generate and what the aircraft needs to stay aloft.
    — Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Beauer The dining room and kitchen are better appointed than in older Beauer models like the 3X Plus, replacing bare white walls with wood-style cabinetry, inbuilt shelving and contrast black drawers and panels.
    — New Atlas, New Atlas, 11 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • Milbern became active on several commissions in her state and successfully advocated to add disability history to North Carolina’s high-school curriculum.
    — Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 12 Nov. 2026
  • Public-private partnerships have been discussed with past commissions and city managers.
    — Susannah Bryan, Sun Sentinel, 12 Nov. 2026
Noun
  • The men’s soccer team failed to qualify for three World Cups in the sixties and seventies, and the country’s delegations to the Summer Olympics, in 1960 and in 1964, finished with a medal count outside the top twenty.
    — Albert Samaha, New Yorker, 7 Nov. 2026
  • Aside from diplomatic delegations, eligible voters living abroad must fly back to Israel to exercise their democratic right.
    — Dina Kraft, Christian Science Monitor, 27 Oct. 2026

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“Subcommittees.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/subcommittees. Accessed 13 Nov. 2026.

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