steering committee
noun
: a managing or directing committee
specifically
: a committee that determines the order in which business will be taken up in a U.S. legislative body
Examples of steering committee in a Sentence
The CEO consulted with the project's steering committee and asked for a status report.
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All 71 Red Bike stations are operational, 10 Red Bike staff are back on the job and an ad-hoc steering committee is meeting every other week to draft a long-term strategy for the 10-year-old service.
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Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 12 May 2024
Instead, a small steering committee of democracy activists and experts would oversee its operations (although the United States could kick things off by pledging $100 million in seed financing).
—Steven Feldstein, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2022
Led by a steering committee of influential AI thought leaders, the Index is the world’s most comprehensive report on trends in AI.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 May 2024
The city recently announced a park planning steering committee to help select a designer.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
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Patricia Gallagher Newberry, The Enquirer, 12 May 2024
Instead, a small steering committee of democracy activists and experts would oversee its operations (although the United States could kick things off by pledging $100 million in seed financing).
—Steven Feldstein, Foreign Affairs, 26 July 2022
Led by a steering committee of influential AI thought leaders, the Index is the world’s most comprehensive report on trends in AI.
—IEEE Spectrum, 3 May 2024
The city recently announced a park planning steering committee to help select a designer.
—Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 22 Mar. 2024
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“Steering committee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/steering%20committee. Accessed 7 Jul. 2024.
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