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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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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
Following Sarti’s appointment, White will establish a steering committee composed of entrepreneurs and professionals with extensive international market experience.

— Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 4 June 2026

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First elected to the Senate in 2022, Blakespear leads the Environmental Quality Committee as well as a transportation subcommittee focused on the LOSSAN Rail Corridor.

— Kaitlyn Schallhorn, Oc Register, 7 July 2026
In March 1990, a Syracuse University student named Kristin Eaton-Pollard testified before a congressional subcommittee in Washington.

— Joaquin Sapien, ProPublica, 30 June 2026

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