upper house

NOUN

small and less representative legislature

Synonyms

WEAK

House of Lords House of Peers US Senate

Example Sentences

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But she needed a runoff to prevail in the upper house after falling just short of a majority in the first vote.

From The Wall Street Journal

Then it lost its majority in the upper house in July, amid public anger after a fundraising scandal.

From BBC

There are 174 members of the Dáil and another 60 Senators in the upper house, Seanad Éireann.

From BBC

But Falconer, who is sponsoring the bill in the Lords, has urged his colleagues respect the convention that laws backed by MPs are not blocked in the Upper House.

From BBC

Earlier this year, the LDP suffered another defeat in the upper house parliamentary elections where it also lost its majority.

From BBC