politburo
noun
po·lit·bu·ro ˈpä-lət-ˌbyu̇r-(ˌ)ō 
ˈpō-lət-,
pə-ˈlit- : the principal policy-making and executive committee of a Communist party
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web By the time the Offspring got started, magazines like Flipside and Maximum Rock’n’roll had begun to form a politburo of what was and wasn’t punk. 
Chris Norris, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2022 The outbreak has been tentatively contained but hasn’t reached a turning point yet, according to China Central Television, which cited a politburo meeting. Bloomberg.com, 20 Feb. 2020 The day started off with a video chat between Musk and Li Qiang, a powerful Chinese Communist Party politburo member, whose main job is party secretary for Shanghai, China’s biggest city, where Tesla’s new China factory sits. Russ Mitchellstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2020 He has not been seen since a politburo meeting on April 11, raising speculation about his condition. Time, 25 Apr. 2020 Kim, emerging recently from a prolonged period out of the public spotlight to oversee a politburo meeting on the virus, said, according to state media. Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2020 Sun Chunlan, the only woman in the party’s 25-member politburo, has also toured Wuhan in recent days. Isabella Steger, Quartz, 10 Feb. 2020 There was a veneer of unity the night the Trump plan was announced, with Mr. Abbas and the head of Hamas’s politburo, Ismail Haniya, speaking by phone. New York Times, 29 Jan. 2020 But Fathi Hammad, a member of Hamas’ politburo, told demonstrators Friday that his movement will respond to the shooting. Washington Post, 12 July 2019 See More
Chris Norris, SPIN, 4 Sep. 2022 The outbreak has been tentatively contained but hasn’t reached a turning point yet, according to China Central Television, which cited a politburo meeting. Bloomberg.com, 20 Feb. 2020 The day started off with a video chat between Musk and Li Qiang, a powerful Chinese Communist Party politburo member, whose main job is party secretary for Shanghai, China’s biggest city, where Tesla’s new China factory sits. Russ Mitchellstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 30 Apr. 2020 He has not been seen since a politburo meeting on April 11, raising speculation about his condition. Time, 25 Apr. 2020 Kim, emerging recently from a prolonged period out of the public spotlight to oversee a politburo meeting on the virus, said, according to state media. Washington Post, 4 Mar. 2020 Sun Chunlan, the only woman in the party’s 25-member politburo, has also toured Wuhan in recent days. Isabella Steger, Quartz, 10 Feb. 2020 There was a veneer of unity the night the Trump plan was announced, with Mr. Abbas and the head of Hamas’s politburo, Ismail Haniya, speaking by phone. New York Times, 29 Jan. 2020 But Fathi Hammad, a member of Hamas’ politburo, told demonstrators Friday that his movement will respond to the shooting. Washington Post, 12 July 2019 See More Word History
Etymology
borrowed from Russian politbjuró, short for politíčeskoe bjuró "political bureau"
First Known Use
1923, in the meaning defined above
- disendowments
- disendows
- disenfranchise
- disenfranchised
- disenfranchisement
- disenfranchisements
- disenfranchiser
- disenfranchises
- disenfranchising
- disengage
- disengaged
- disengagement
- disengagements
- disengages
- disengaging
- disenjoy
- disenjoyment
- disennobled
- disennobles
- disennobling
- disenroll
- disenrollment
- disentail
- disentailed
- disentailing