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[sen-it] / ˈsɛn ɪt /






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Afterwards, senate president Basilio Núñez said Peña was found guilty of "dereliction of duty".

From BBC ● Nov. 7, 2026

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

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

Last month, the state canceled the remaining $250 million—after a 35-4 senate vote in the opposite direction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 9, 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

Barack was elected to the Illinois senate in November 1996 and sworn in two months later, at the start of the following year.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama

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

The animosity has spread to the 50 statehouses and the 7,382 people who serve in the houses and senates there.

From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2012

It was a strange and touching spectacle to those who remembered the form of colossal energy and the clear and thrilling tones that had once startled, disturbed, and controlled senates.

From Lord George Bentinck A Political Biography by Benjamin Disraeli, Earl of Beaconsfield


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