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
That would set a new legal precedent of courts weighing in on cases typically left to the government’s legislative and executive branches, environmental law expert Jim Huffman said.
From Seattle Times ● Jun. 10, 2023
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
The group has advocated for an elected parliament in Saudi Arabia, as well as constitutional safeguards to ensure separation of the legislative, judicial and executive branches.
From Reuters ● Jul. 10, 2022
Explain how embarrassing such a resolution as the McLemore one will be to negotiations now being threshed out between the executive branches of the Government charged with the conduct of foreign relations, and foreign governments.
From Woodrow Wilson as I Know Him by Joseph P. Tumulty
