executive council

noun

: a council constituted to advise or share in the functions of a political executive

: a council that exercises supreme executive power

Examples of executive council in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web With its convention just beginning in Houston this week, the American Federation of Teachers’ executive council called an emergency meeting and came to a swift decision to back Harris, subject to the approval of its members. —

Rebecca Morin, USA TODAY, 22 July 2024 At the ceremony, held in the Bekaa Valley, not far from the base where the group had formed, the head of Hezbollah’s executive council declared that the deaths were to be celebrated. —

Dexter Filkins, The New Yorker, 22 July 2024 Fain attended, and the AFL-CIO's executive council unanimously reaffirmed its commitment to re-electing Biden. —

Allende Miglietta, Detroit Free Press, 13 July 2024 The leaders will convene in December at a meeting of the Chesapeake Bay Program’s executive council. —

Christine Condon, Baltimore Sun, 9 July 2024 See all Example Sentences for executive council

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Word History

First Known Use

1775, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of executive council was in 1775

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