cabinet
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- noun
- /ˈkæbɪnɪt/
- Another former senior cabinet officer, William Perry.
- cabinet ministers
- a cabinet member
- cabinet reshuffle
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Watch on YouTubeBut you have two people in the current cabinet like that.
- But you have two people in the current cabinet like that.
- But let's listen to Scott Besson, cabinet member of Donald Trump.
- walk into the Cabinet room and it's that long.
- Now turns out, turns out Trump cabinet, we love the cabinet.
- Let's move on to the cabinet appointments.
- And they promote these predators and they appoint predators in their cabinet on purpose.
- I was the only other woman in the cabinet room and I saw I saw her.
- You know, look at who Boris Johnson has put in his cabinet, right?
- It doesn't seem like he pays attention to his cabinet secretaries, which would have bothered me.
- Now, Mehdi, you are the the first openly gay person to be sworn into a cabinet position.
- The Senate has the vote over cabinet positions.
- The Broadview says no presidents or Supreme Court justices or cabinet officials can be impeached for.
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You know, look at who Boris Johnson has put in his cabinet, right?
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We had the entire cabinet on a trip to the Far East.
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But you have two people in the current cabinet like that.
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What level of cabinet position would you like to see?
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Can we get back to questions of the Cabinet?
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It's a great honor to have been in your cabinet.
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On 16 February, the president met with several cabinet members to determine U.S. options:
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Let's move on to the cabinet appointments.
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There are two types of administrative agencies: cabinet agencies and independent agencies.
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The president convened a meeting with his cabinet to discuss new policies.
Compounds
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A senior government official who is part of the cabinet and leads a government department
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A group of top government leaders who advise the President of the United States
- Literature
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A group of senior opposition politicians who would become government ministers if their party won power
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A group of top government officials the President chooses to lead departments and advise on policy
- Specialized
A system where ministers together make government policy and guide laws in parliament
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Etymology
Cabinet was first used for a small private 'room' where leaders met, and the name then came to mean the group of ministers who met there. That's why cabinet today means the top government advisers who meet and decide together.