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standing committee
noun
- a permanent committee, as of a legislature, society, etc., intended to consider all matters pertaining to a designated subject.
- (initial capital letters) the highest policymaking body of the Chinese Communist Party, composed of top party leaders from the Politburo.
standing committee
noun
- a permanent committee appointed to deal with a specified subject
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Origin of standing committee1
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Example Sentences
Zhou, a staunch supporter of Bo, was rumored to have designated Bo as his successor inside the Politburo Standing Committee.
Four of the seven Politburo Standing Committee members, including Xi, are princelings.
The shortlist to fill the other slots on the standing committee contains several notable princelings.
Later, when strikes multiplied, the Union limited the right to claim strike aid and appointed a standing committee on mediation.
I, however, accepted the place of chairman of the standing committee.
The next morning a standing committee of sixty was chosen, one from each township.
As his final act Colonel Cook, the chairman of the standing committee of sixty, indorsed the resolution adopted.
There was an effort during this convention to secure in Congress a "standing committee on the rights of women."
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