Definitions

upper house

NOUN

small and less representative legislature

Synonyms

WEAK

House of Lords House of Peers US Senate

Example Sentences

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If the text is approved Monday, it will pass before the upper house, the Senate, in the next month.

From BBC

The legislation would then go to the Senate upper house.

From Barron's

The ruling bloc remains a minority in the upper house.

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Women currently hold nearly 16% of the seats in the Lower House and about a third – or 42 out of 125 seats – in the Upper House.

From BBC

The French upper house, the Senate, this month backed an initiative for the protection of teenagers from excessive screen time and social media access, which includes a requirement for parental authorisation for children between 13 and 16 to register with social media sites.

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