capitol

[kap-i-tl] / ˈkæp ɪ tl /

NOUN

building or buildings housing chief governmental offices

Synonyms

STRONG

center dome statehouse

WEAK

Capitol Hill legislative hall political scene seat of government

Example Sentences

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He said the network left out a statement in which he called on his supporters to peacefully march to the Capitol.

From The Wall Street Journal

For four years, cellphone data provided to the FBI about two pipe bombs placed near the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol attack sat on a digital shelf because investigators couldn’t read it.

From The Wall Street Journal

The Confederate flag never flew over or in the Capitol during the Civil War.

From Salon

Last week, Newsom traveled to Capitol Hill to meet with lawmakers and renew calls for billions in federal recovery aid after the Los Angeles fires.

From Los Angeles Times

His Capitol Hill base for once and famously began to kick away this summer, with loyalists breaking with him on the Jeffrey Epstein files and Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on other issues as well.

From The Wall Street Journal