Thesaurus results for SUBCOMMITTEE

subcommittee

noun

Definition of subcommittee

as in commission

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 subcommittee The meeting pulled together members of a subcommittee that oversees waterfront parks for Brooklyn’s Community Board 1 as well as volunteers from the park and city park officials. — Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 17 Sep. 2026 Issa is the chair of a subcommittee on courts, intellectual property, artificial intelligence, and the Internet. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 17 Sep. 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 The school committee plans to bring the proposal to the district's policy subcommittee for further discussion. — Logan Hall, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for subcommittee

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The prospect of the Weitzman joining the Smithsonian dates back to legislation passed by the Biden administration in 2024 to establish the congressional commission.

— Andy Battaglia, ARTnews.com, 14 Oct. 2026
Applications will be approved by the commission on a first come, first served basis.

— Tarini Mehta, Sacbee.com, 14 Oct. 2026

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Wood panel in front of the three-compartment sink is not smooth and easily cleanable and container used for butter packets is cracked.

— NWA Democrat-Gazette, Arkansas Online, 19 Oct. 2026
ChatGPT’s Chrome extension has been able to read your open tabs since July, when OpenAI added the feature to its Side Chat panel.

— Will McCurdy, PC Magazine, 18 Oct. 2026

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