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. Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd:

   The Department has consulted the relevant parties and concluded that the release of the memoranda to Congress at this time would not adversely impact any ongoing investigation or other confidentiality interests of the Executive Branch.

2. James Comey:

   The President is not above the law, and I don't accept the notion that because The President is the head of the executive branch The President can't ever obstruct justice in connection with executive branch activities, that's just crazy and a recipe for lawlessness.

3. Joel Kurtzberg:

   I worry about future administrations, now there's bad precedent, and not every executive branch in the future will exercise their discretion the way this one did. It didn't have to go this way.

4. Patricia Millett:

   The Supreme Court in Nixon v. GSA was explicit that when it comes to evaluating the interests of the executive branch, when that call is made by the incumbent president… the interests asserted by the former president is diminished, counts for something.

5. Mayor Fernando Haddad:

   We're analyzing a law that passed in Sao Paulo but has still not been signed, because we want to find a middle way, the executive branch is analyzing the law and we have about 10 days to announce the measures we consider appropriate.