subcommittee
noun
sub·com·mit·tee
ˈsəb-kə-ˌmi-tē 
ˌsəb-kə-ˈmi-
: a subdivision of a committee usually organized for a specific purpose
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The Senate has formed a subcommittee to set up an investigation.
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After the audit report was published in May, it was presented to a subcommittee in June.
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Boozman sits on the Senate Committee on Appropriations, serving as chairman of the Senate Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and related agencies subcommittee which is in part responsible for funding construction activities in the DoD, like military housing.
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This is one of the interesting things that comes out of Senate Energy and Natural Resources subcommittee hearings.
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Fritts, who shared his video from the hearing room, does not sit on the subcommittee.
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arkansasonline.com, 11 July 2025
Boozman sits on the Senate Committee on Appropriations, serving as chairman of the Senate Military Construction, Veterans Affairs and related agencies subcommittee which is in part responsible for funding construction activities in the DoD, like military housing.
—Kate Plummer, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 July 2025
This is one of the interesting things that comes out of Senate Energy and Natural Resources subcommittee hearings.
—Peter Balonon-Rosen, Vox, 4 July 2025
Fritts, who shared his video from the hearing room, does not sit on the subcommittee.
—Melissa Brown, The Tennessean, 2 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for subcommittee
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subcommittee
noun
sub·com·mit·tee
ˈsəb-kə-ˌmit-ē
ˌsəb-kə-ˈmit-ē
: a part of a committee usually organized for a certain purpose
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subcommittee
noun
sub·com·mit·tee
ˈsəb-kə-ˌmi-tē
: a subdivision of a committee that is assigned a portion of the committee's jurisdiction, holds hearings, amends legislation, and reports to the committee
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