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subcommittee

[ suhb-kuh-mit-ee ]

noun

  1. a secondary committee appointed out of a main committee.


subcommittee

/ ˈʌəˌɪɪ /

noun

  1. a distinct and often subordinate division of a committee
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of subcommittee1

First recorded in 1600–10; sub- + committee
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Padilla is a member of the Judiciary Committee and chairs its immigration subcommittee.

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Contrary to the way several GOP subcommittee members erroneously characterized NPR and PBS, they are not “state media.”

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“I’m frustrated that these regulations haven’t come out of the Board of Forestry yet,” said Allen, who chairs the subcommittee that approves the board’s budget.

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On Wednesday, Johnson carried on Loudermilk’s effort to relitigate Jan. 6 and the subsequent investigation, empaneling a subcommittee to probe the work of the original committee.

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Planning for the World Cup, Super Bowl and Olympics is well underway, with various cities preparing studies, negotiating contracts and forming subcommittees.

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