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[sen-it] / ˈsɛn ɪt /






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The senate plans to send its recommendation to regents by June.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The blonde executive assistant to the president was then mentioned by a Democratic senate hopeful, in comments that set the internet alight -- and incensed the White House.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Sarwar previously said he would not take a peerage, and both he and Andy Burnham have expressed support for replacing the Lords with a senate of the nations and regions.

From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026

“I said as a senate candidate that I’d be focused on the down ballot and my plan to do that hasn’t changed.”

From Salon ● Jun. 25, 2026

Octavian turned to the senate and smirked, like What did I tell you?

From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan

Since news of the deal broke, he said he has met with the system chancellors, provosts, program directors and faculty senates about the acquisition.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023

But the school’s faculty and student senates each passed resolutions calling for a change and the university’s alumni board of directors supported reassessing the team name’s appropriateness.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2021

State senates range in size from twenty members in Alaska to sixty-seven members in Minnesota.

From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021

Voters are also choosing representatives in their local state senates - and in Delaware, Democratic candidate, Sarah McBride has made history as the country's first ever trans state senator.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2020

The applause of list'ning senates to command, The threats of pain and ruin to despise, To scatter plenty o'er a smiling land, And read their history in a nation's eyes.

From Familiar Quotations A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature by John Bartlett




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