senate
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UC’s admissions board — a part of the faculty-led Academic Senate — plans to deliver recommendations in a report on testing in February to the senate.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The elections were the first to be held under Kazakhstan's new constitution, which abolished the senate in favour of a new unicameral legislature and reset term limits that would have otherwise been imposed on Tokayev.
From Barron's ● Aug. 24, 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
Talks between Ottawa and Washington “are pretty firmly stuck,” said Steve Verheul, the former chief Canadian trade negotiator, in testimony last week before the country’s senate.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 2, 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
State senates range in size from twenty members in Alaska to sixty-seven members in Minnesota.
From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021
The Missouri and North Carolina senates currently are the only chambers offering just audio, which can make it difficult for listeners to recognize the speakers.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 14, 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 art of oratory may soon be held to be almost a doubtful boon—at any rate, so far as senates and parliaments are concerned.
From Cities of the Dawn by J. Ewing (James Ewing) Ritchie
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Ancient Rome - Introductory
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Canada - Middle School and High School
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South Asia - Introductory
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