executive branch
noun
the branch of government charged with the execution and enforcement of laws and policies and the administration of public affairs; the executive.
executive branches
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pluralof executive branch.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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“There’s going to be a bit of diplomacy” between the two executive branches to work out a joint application, said Schwartz, who spoke to CalMatters earlier this year after the governor first introduced the proposal.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2025
Our state’s legislative and executive branches should immediately join forces to remake the governance structure for WSF, using BC Ferries as the model.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 20, 2024
Indeed, I find using rigorous statistical analysis that these reforms have had large positive effects on economies and on the reduction of corruption by executive branches.
From Scientific American ● May 22, 2023
Justice Minister Yariv Levin has said that the reforms are meant to restore balance between the judiciary, legislative and executive branches.
From Reuters ● Jan. 23, 2023
In our government we find, in theory at least, that these departments are separated; in the European governments there is a close relation of the legislative and executive branches, through some form of "cabinet responsibility."
From Our Government: Local, State, and National: Idaho Edition by J.A. James
