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committee

[kuh-mit-ee] / kəˈmɪt i /


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The committee said many business units attempted to meet their performance targets by early recognition of sales, avoiding inventory valuation losses and impairment of fixed assets, changing asset valuation methods and capitalizing costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

The Japanese company in March published a report from a third-party committee that said billionaire founder Shigenobu Nagamori pressured executives to achieve unrealistic earnings targets, ultimately leading to improper accounting.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 30, 2026

He made similar remarks during a closed-door hearing before the House Judiciary Committee in December 2025, and during a public hearing before the same committee in January.

From Barron's ● Sep. 29, 2026

The nightmare scenario of running over budget and saddling local taxpayers with debt hangs over the organizing committee.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026

Connie called and talked at me about her committee idea for a while.

From "Liar, Liar" by Gary Paulsen

It did not include contributions to party committees or independent committees that could also be spending in these races.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 28, 2026

Knowing academia and the speed at which it tends to move, I interpreted “talk about teaching” as something closer to perhaps someday, pending several committees and a minor geological event.

From Salon ● Sep. 23, 2026

While other schools use committees to review course proposals, Harvard has long deferred to the judgment of individual faculty and departments, said Amanda Claybaugh, dean of undergraduate education.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 23, 2026

Section 6 writes the procedure for discontinuing the next circulating coin: 60 days’ notice to the banking committees, a phaseout plan, a briefing.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 15, 2026

Family purchasing committees, duly elected, bought the food, clothes, furniture, and athletic equipment.

From "Cheaper by the Dozen" by Frank B. Gilbreth Jr. and Ernestine Gilbreth Carey




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