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capitol

[kap-i-tl] / ˈkæp ɪ tl /
NOUN
building or buildings housing chief governmental offices
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It was like being “dropped into somewhere completely alien,” said Vander Veen, who finished the race at the steps of the California state capitol in Sacramento.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

The debate has spilled over into the halls of the Nebraska capitol in Lincoln where lawmakers are considering changes, like lowering annual fees feedlots pay to the committee.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 24, 2025

Direct-deposit payments to the legislators have been curtailed, forcing them to pick up their checks in person at the state capitol in Austin or go without the money.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 8, 2025

On April 4, 2022, Lindell headlined a “Colorado Truth Rally” on the steps of the state capitol in Denver.

From Slate • Jun. 25, 2025

The woman drove them past downtown Atlanta, with its huge skyscrapers and gleaming gold-domed capitol building, to their new home, a two-bedroom dwelling in Clarkston’s Wyncrest Apartments.

From "Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference" by Warren St. John



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