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subcommittee

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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 subcommittee made a list of recommendations to improve and update the noise program, which the airport advisory committee approved in March and forwarded to county officials, Greening said. — Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 24 June 2026 On Wednesday, June 24, the subcommittee voted to send the measure to the full Energy & Commerce Committee, according to a press release. — Charna Flam, PEOPLE, 25 June 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 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 See All Example Sentences for subcommittee

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No orchestra has brought back its commission over the last half century, and only Chicago and New York recorded their commissions.

— Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026
Brown noted that the residents have a deep mistrust of the Commission, which is a relatively niche commission appointed by the mayor and City-County Council.

— Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 2 July 2026

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In her own bathroom, Carmona went a step further by framing art prints within the panels.

— Marisa Suzanne Martin, The Spruce, 8 July 2026
On Monday afternoon, the judge read the jury charge, giving the panel their instructions for deliberations, and attorneys for both sides made their closing arguments.

— Amy McDaniel, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 July 2026

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