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[sen-it] / ˈsɛn ɪt /






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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

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

The senate said it will convene a work group to meet over the next year to look at the issue.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 11, 2026

When he’d first approached me about running for state senate years earlier, there had been only two of us to think about.

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

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

Mr. Clay's speeches swayed listening senates and moved multitudes, but reading them is a disappointment.

From Twenty Years of Congress, Vol. 1 From Lincoln to Garfield, with a Review of the Events Which Led to the Political Revolution of 1860 by James Gillespie Blaine




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