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subcommittee

[ suhb-kuh-mit-ee ]

noun

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


subcommittee

/ ˈsʌbkəˌmɪtɪ /

noun

  1. a distinct and often subordinate division of a committee
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Word History and Origins

Origin of subcommittee1

First recorded in 1600–10; sub- + committee
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Example Sentences

The bill will be co-sponsored by Senators Cory Booker, Richard Blumenthal, Brian Schatz and Ed Markey, all Democrats on the antitrust subcommittee.

The Urban Area Security Initiative grant program is managed by the city of San Diego’s Office of Homeland Security but the working groups that make the recommendations are subcommittees of the regional San Diego Unified Disaster Council.

A subcommittee known as the Regional Technology Partnership makes the initial recommendations for how to spend the money locally.

He bought stock in BWX Technologies before taking charge of the subcommittee, and sold it after the company secured funding from the Navy.

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Separately, the subcommittee urged state attorneys general to look for violations of consumer protection laws by these companies.

A source tells The Daily Beast that Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) will be the next chair of the Highways and Transit Subcommittee.

The top spot on the highways subcommittee is a relatively prestigious post.

As Salem later explained to the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, the results in question were huge profits.

Something he proved to the stunned faces of the Senate at a subcommittee hearing in 2011.

Or maybe show a photo of Ted Cruz holding a gavel chairing a subcommittee.

A subcommittee was also appointed to study housing congestion and health problems.

A subcommittee of the legislative committee appeared before the two political conventions, but received no greater attention.

So the subcommittee consisted of three Republicans and one Democrat.

About one-fourth of the Alabama testimony was taken in Washington, the rest was taken by the subcommittee in Alabama.

The subcommittee to whom the task was delegated sat fifty-one hours without a break before its work was completed.

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