Excomm is an English word. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Excomm in a sentence
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Excomm meaning
The Executive Committee of the National Security Council: a body of United States government officials that convened to advise President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
Using Excomm
- The main meaning on this page is: The Executive Committee of the National Security Council: a body of United States government officials that convened to advise President John F. Kennedy during the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962.
- In the example corpus, excomm often appears in combinations such as: the excomm, excomm meeting.
Context around Excomm
- Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 3 start, 5 middle, 2 end
- Sentence types: 10 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Excomm
- In this selection, "excomm" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, 1962, meeting, met and members stand out and add context to how "excomm" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 29 1962 excomm meeting held and citation the excomm agreed that. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "excomm" sits close to words such as aab, aamer and aave, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with excomm
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
October 29, 1962 EXCOMM meeting held in the White House Cabinet Room. (12 words)
The EXCOMM then discussed the effect on the strategic balance of power, both political and military. (16 words)
The two went their separate ways, and Scali immediately typed out a memo for the EXCOMM. (16 words)
Kennedy also believed that U.S. allies would think of the U.S. as "trigger-happy cowboys" who lost Berlin because they could not peacefully resolve the Cuban situation. citation President Kennedy and Secretary of Defense McNamara in an EXCOMM meeting. (41 words)
At 4:00 pm EDT, Kennedy recalled members of EXCOMM to the White House and ordered that a message immediately be sent to U Thant asking the Soviets to suspend work on the missiles while negotiations were carried out. (39 words)
I didn't believe it then, and I don't believe it now." citation The EXCOMM agreed that the missiles would affect the political balance. (25 words)
Example sentences (10)
At 4:00 pm EDT, Kennedy recalled members of EXCOMM to the White House and ordered that a message immediately be sent to U Thant asking the Soviets to suspend work on the missiles while negotiations were carried out.
At 9:00 pm EDT, the EXCOMM met again to review the actions for the following day.
Crisis stalemated The next morning, October 26, Kennedy informed the EXCOMM that he believed only an invasion would remove the missiles from Cuba.
However, he faced strong opposition from some other EXCOMM members, who regarded such an exchange as a sign of weakness.
I didn't believe it then, and I don't believe it now." citation The EXCOMM agreed that the missiles would affect the political balance.
Kennedy also believed that U.S. allies would think of the U.S. as "trigger-happy cowboys" who lost Berlin because they could not peacefully resolve the Cuban situation. citation President Kennedy and Secretary of Defense McNamara in an EXCOMM meeting.
October 29, 1962 EXCOMM meeting held in the White House Cabinet Room.
The EXCOMM then discussed the effect on the strategic balance of power, both political and military.
The two went their separate ways, and Scali immediately typed out a memo for the EXCOMM.
Unknown to most members of the EXCOMM, Robert Kennedy had been meeting with the Soviet Ambassador in Washington to discover whether these intentions were genuine.
Common combinations with excomm
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts: