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executive branch

[ig-zek-yuh-tiv branch] / ɪgˈzɛk jə tɪv ˌbræntʃ /
NOUN
ministry
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Back in Washington, at a 2023 meeting of senior deputies across the executive branch, one five-minute agenda item set things in motion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 19, 2026

Roberts says the way democracy works is that there is one president who is responsible for everything that happens within the executive branch.

From Slate Jul. 7, 2026

But amendments like the 14th, as well as prior Supreme Court decisions, have worked to expand the Constitution’s reach should the executive branch seek to enforce them.

From Salon Jun. 25, 2026

More than any other chair since Arthur Burns, who led the Fed under President Richard Nixon, Powell faced an extreme amount of pressure from the executive branch.

From Barron's Jun. 2, 2026

But he'd also vowed to make this the smoothest presidential transition in history, instructing every department in the executive branch to prepare briefing binders for the incoming administration.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama




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