quango
Example Sentences
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The meeting follows the government abolishing NHS England, the world's biggest quango - short for a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation - last week.
From BBC • Mar. 16, 2025
The publicly-owned quango said it was committed to "deliver the right solutions in the most sustainable way" for the Firth of Forth.
From BBC • Nov. 26, 2021
In 1981, a quango, the London Docklands Development Corporation, was set up to shape its future.
From The Guardian • Jun. 18, 2015
The deal between government and the Canal and River Trust is “astonishingly far sighted,” says Simon Thurley, the head of English Heritage, a quango that is undergoing its own separation from Whitehall.
From Economist • Dec. 17, 2014
However, early plans to involve the Shareholder Executive investment quango in a rescue of UK Coal were ultimately ditched.
From The Guardian • Jul. 9, 2013
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
