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congressional

[kuhn-gresh-uh-nl, kuhng-] / kənˈgrɛʃ ə nl, kəŋ- /
ADJECTIVE
legislative
Synonyms
STRONGEST
parliamentary senatorial
WEAK
decreeing enacting jurisdictive lawgiving legislational legislatorial nomistic nomothetic ordaining parliamentarian statute-making synodical

Example Sentences

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Becerra said the controversy is one he has addressed publicly for years, including in multiple congressional hearings.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 27, 2026

Morbid though it is to contemplate, those kinds of numbers probably make more congressional deaths in the near future inevitable.

From Slate • Apr. 24, 2026

Attorney Jeanine Pirro said, if warranted, she would reopen the probe, which concerns Powell’s congressional testimony about the renovation of central-bank buildings.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026

The case against Van Dyke comes one day after Kalshi, a competitor to Polymarket, announced that it had fined and suspended three congressional candidates for betting on their own races.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 23, 2026

At 5:00 p.m., congressional leaders filed into the Cabinet Room for a briefing.

From "Fallout: Spies, Superbombs, and the Ultimate Cold War Showdown" by Steve Sheinkin