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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Ford also said the federal government should form a commission to advise a new regulatory agency on guardrails for AI development.

— Olivia Olander, Chicago Tribune, 28 Oct. 2026
Some rogue agents even pay the low monthly amount themselves and still make a profit from the commission, Brooker said.

— Julie Appleby, Miami Herald, 28 Oct. 2026

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To turn rigid solar tech into bendable panels that can roll over backpacks or car roofs, researchers had to fix a major manufacturing flaw in flexible perovskite solar cells.

— Mrigakshi Dixit, Interesting Engineering, 26 Oct. 2026
The Hurricanes received 59 of the 70 first-place votes from the media voting panel, 19 more than a week ago.

— ABC News, ABC News, 25 Oct. 2026

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