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subcommission

British  
/ ˈsʌbkəˌmɪʃən /

noun

  1. a committee of people answering to a larger commission

    the doping subcommission reported to the medical commission

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Opponents also felt AWG made too many announcements to the press over the years while being slow to submit a proposal to the subcommission.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 4, 2024

They note that the online tally, in which 12 out of 18 subcommission members voted against the proposal, was leaked to the press without approval of the panel’s chair.

From Science Magazine • Mar. 4, 2024

The subcommission put the mill in the hands of a Moscow property developer for significantly less than the original price.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 17, 2023

First, a working group drafts a proposal which is submitted to an expert subcommission for review and vote.

From The Guardian • May 30, 2019

To this the Poles made answer that the massing of so many soldiers on the Rumanian frontier might reasonably be objected to by the Rumanians—and so the amoebean word-game went on in the subcommission.

From The Inside Story of the Peace Conference by Dillon, Emile Joseph