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Executive Branch

nounid 52511·updated May 18, 2026
verified

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

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Attested in

NIST SP 800-171 Rev 3 - Protecting CUI in Nonfederal Systems4 citations · 4 machine-matched · observed 2026-09-01 under anchor/0.9/36451/2026-09-01
3.2.2 ¶ 23.2.2 ¶ 333.2.2 ¶ 353.2.2 ¶ 114

Classifications

Entity Type

Unknownauthoritativeglossary_import_default_pending_classifier

Sensitivity

unclassified

Information Class

unclassified

Variants

plural
Executive Branches
possessive
Executive Branch's
pluralpossessive
Executive Branches'

Framework definitions

Wordset Dictionary1 senseview framework →
§1
the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws
NIST SP 800-171r31 senseview framework →
§1 · attested_usage_pack_match
No definition is given in NIST SP 800-171r3. The term is attested in use at 4 citations in that document; a definition is pending curation.
Increment 2: attested in 800-171r3 without a glossary definition.
Legacy lexicon import1 senseview framework →
§1 · legacy_primary
the branch of the United States government that is responsible for carrying out the laws
DR-088 backfill from the noun definition column

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