commissioncrypt
/kəˈmɪʃənˌkrɪpt/nounVerified NewAn inquiry structured to outlast public attention rather than to reach conclusions.
The mandate is broad, the timetable open, the hearings scheduled at will. By the time it reports, the news cycle that demanded it is fossilized.
Etym. — commission + crypt; the burial is the design, not the accident.
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