subcommittee

From sub- +‎ committee.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌb.kəˌmɪti/

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subcommittee (plural subcommittees)

1. A committee formed by an existing committee, comprising a subset of its members.
   • 1957 June, J. J. Davis, “Narrow Gauge Railway Museum”, in Railway Magazine, page 393:

     The society's museum sub-committee is aiming to gather narrow-gauge railway exhibits from throughout the British Isles, and further accommodation will be provided to house the growing collection.

   • 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.