national committee
noun
a group of people who represent a community or population in national or international political or professional gatherings.
national committees
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pluralof national committee.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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He said rising anger and threats by multiple national committees, some under pressure from their governments, to withdraw from the Games had made the situation “untenable.”
From New York Times ● Mar. 3, 2022
The FBI released a new video of that suspect on Wednesday and a digital map showing the person circling the offices of the Democratic and Republican national committees, where the bombs were placed.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 8, 2021
Amazon banned and then unbanned TikTok from employees’ phones; Wells Fargo asked employees to remove TikTok from their phones; and the Democratic and Republican national committees found something to agree on: avoiding TikTok.
From The Verge ● Dec. 16, 2020
Iowa’s place at the front of the nominating process has been set by tradition and now by rules established by the Democratic and Republican national committees.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 10, 2019
When I returned to New York to enter upon my own canvass, the State and national committees imposed upon me a heavy burden.
From My Memories of Eighty Years by Chauncey M. (Chauncey Mitchell) Depew
