subcommittee

English

Etymology

From sub- +‎ committee.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsʌb.kəˌmɪti/

Noun

subcommittee (plural subcommittees)

  1. A committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members.
    • 2003, R.E.M., “Bad Day”, in In Time: The Best of R.E.M. 1988–2003:
      Have you ever seen the televised St. Vitus subcommittee prize
    • 2021 July 12, Lauren Fox, Jeremy Herb, Annie Grayer and Ryan Nobles, “‘We’ll do this work as long as it takes’: Thompson readies for political fight leading Jan. 6 investigation”, in CNN[1]:
      “We all know that this is a second-best option” said Michigan Rep. Elissa Slotkin, who chairs one of the Homeland Security subcommittees under Thompson.
    • 2024 December 2, Katherine Dillinger, “House Covid-19 panel releases final report criticizing public health response to the pandemic”, in CNN[2]:
      The subcommittee report says that if evidence of the virus’ natural origin existed, it would have surfaced by now.

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