Synonyms for executive branch
ex·ec·u·tive branch

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1. executive branchnoun

   Synonyms:
   government, executive

2. executive branchnoun

   The branch of government that oversees the carrying out of the laws

   Synonyms:
   executive, government

Princeton's WordNet

1. executive branch, Executive Office of the Presidentnoun

   the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws

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1. Noel Francisco:

   Campaign statements are made by a private citizen before he takes the oath of office and before, under the Opinions Clause of the Constitution, receives the advice of his Cabinet, and that those are constitutionally significant acts that mark the fundamental transformation from being a private citizen to the embodiment of the executive branch, but I would also say here it doesn't matter, because, here, the statements that they principally rely on don't actually address the meaning of the proclamation itself. This is not a so-called Muslim ban. If it were, it would be the most ineffective Muslim ban that one could possibly imagine since not only does it exclude the vast majority of the Muslim world, it also omits three Muslim-majority countries that were covered by past orders, including Iraq, Chad and Sudan.

2. Mayor Bloomberg:

   Right now I'm only focused on the midterms, i believe that the Republicans have not done what they should have done in terms of providing some counterbalance to the executive branch.

3. Anthony Brown:

   At a time when Democrats control the House, the Senate, and the Executive Branch, it is an unconscionable failure to deliver a National Defense Authorization Act that does not meet the values of equity and justice for which we have long strived or a bill that does not meaningfully protect the foundations of our democracy.

4. Mike Lee:

   Congress has been giving far too much legislative power to the executive branch.

5. Marty Carpenter:

   However, when a jury makes the decision and a judge signs a death warrant, enforcing that lawful decision is the obligation of the executive branch.