working group

noun

British
: a group of people who investigate a particular problem and suggest ways of dealing with it

Examples of working group in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Currently none exist for AR devices, so the alliance’s image quality methods, metrics, and metrology working group is researching and developing approaches and techniques. IEEE Spectrum, 28 Mar. 2024 Last year, Undersheriff April Tardy convened a now-monthly working group to address deputy gang issues, and in June, Sheriff Robert Luna told an oversight committee that the department is now asking about tattoos and gang membership during promotion interviews for high-ranking positions. Keri Blakinger, Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2024 Related article Angry Chinese take to US Embassy’s social media account to vent about plunging stock market The visit marks the first time that the economic working group is meeting in Beijing since it was launched last September after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s trip to China. Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024 The result is a working group with a name that truly defies comprehension The new working group will be led by Jinjing Jiang, a wireless systems engineer at Apple. Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 16 Nov. 2023 Every other year, a GSA and Office of Management and Budget working group would review the technology used by the federal government to suggest updates to the standards. Lauren Feiner, The Verge, 8 Apr. 2024 All of that could change dramatically if new criteria proposed by an Alzheimer’s Association working group are widely adopted. Paula Span, New York Times, 4 Mar. 2024 His administration went on to host an annual White House summit on tribal nations, and convened an interagency working group that spent a year developing government-wide guidance on indigenous knowledge. James Broughel, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024 This is the third such meeting of the economic working group, which has always been expected to meet regularly. Matt Egan, CNN, 5 Feb. 2024

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“Working group.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/working%20group. Accessed 1 May. 2024.

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