Phrase Hound found 15 phrases and 3 compound words that contain committees. The most common are listed below. Open committees in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 15
- standing committeesplural of standing committee: An established parliamentary or congressional committee to which all proposed legislation, messages, petitions, memorials and other matters regarding a defined scope of subjects get referred to and then …
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- central committeesplural of central committee: A standing administrative body of communist parties, analogous to a board of directors, of both ruling and nonruling parties of former and existing socialist states.
- joint committeesplural of joint committee: In a bicameral legislative body, a decision-making entity composed of members of both houses.
- select committeesplural of select committee: A committee made up of a number of parliamentary or legislative members appointed to deal with particular areas or issues beyond the authority or capacity of a standing committee.
- exploratory committeesplural of exploratory committee: An organization established to help determine whether a potential candidate should run for an elected office.
- committees of the wholeplural of committee of the whole: A meeting of a deliberative assembly according to modified procedural rules based on those of a committee.
- executive committeesplural of executive committee: A subcommittee of a board authorized to make some decisions on behalf of the entire board.
- God committeesplural of God committee: Synonym of God squad (“ethics committee”).
- program committeesplural of program committee: A group of experts responsible for reviewing scientific conference submissions and drafting the conference program.
- tissue committeesplural of tissue committee: A medical committee that reviews tissue samples in order to evaluate the appropriateness of the surgeries performed in an institution.
- riding committeesplural of riding committee: A committee of ministers sent by the General Assembly to carry out an ordination or induction, where the local presbytery refused to act, under the Moderate domination in 18th-century Scotland.
- steering committeesplural of steering committee: A committee set up to determine the order of business for another body, or to manage the general course of an operation
- vigilance committeesplural of vigilance committee: A group of private citizens who administered justice where they considered governmental structures to be inadequate.
- clearness committeesplural of clearness committee: Among Quakers, a group of people who meet to seek clarity on how somebody should respond to a concern or dilemma.
Compound words 3
- subcommitteesplural of subcommittee: A committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members.
- committeeshipsplural of committeeship: The position or office of being on a committee.
- supercommitteesplural of supercommittee: A committee consisting of multiple subcommittees.