How to Use congress in a Sentence

congress

noun
  • She was recently elected to the country's congress.
  • The bill easily passed both houses of Congress.
  • Congress is not currently in session.
  • Investors are watching the congress for signs of where the party wants to go and how fast.
    — Time, Time, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The groups are known as a convocation, an aerie, even a congress.
    — Journal Sentinel, 28 Feb. 2024
  • All of congress has seen it, not just the special committees.
    — CBS News, 1 Feb. 2018
  • What’s more, there was something unusual about each of those congresses.
    — Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 25 Mar. 2024
  • The president bowed to the congress, waved, and even joined in the applause himself.
    — Simon Denyer, BostonGlobe.com, 17 Mar. 2018
  • Any changes to policy must be approved by congress, the challengers said.
    — Ephrat Livni, Quartz, 12 Sep. 2019
  • For many, Harris was all of those things and will remain so through her work as a member of congress.
    — Wired, 5 Dec. 2019
  • The incoming congress will be the first whose members are allowed to run for re-election.
    — The Economist, 5 July 2018
  • The weeklong congress is expected to approve the five-year plan in coming days.
    — ABC News, 5 Mar. 2026
  • The congress center plans to turn a portion of the old dome site into a luxury hotel.
    — Scott Trubey, ajc, 20 Apr. 2017
  • Le Pen told a cheering crowd at the end of the party’s annual congress in Lille.
    — New York Times, BostonGlobe.com, 11 Mar. 2018
  • Even Sirleaf had to admit this in an address to the Liberian congress this year.
    — Chude Jideonwo, CNN, 10 Oct. 2017
  • The great role, the only important one at the congress, was played by Stalin himself.
    — Jackie Mansky, Smithsonian, 10 Oct. 2017
  • The congress had originally recommended a drop in the bag limit from five to three birds per day.
    — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 27 June 2018
  • At this congress, Mr Xi would have been expected to signal a choice of someone to take over from him.
    — The Economist, 26 Oct. 2017
  • The annual congress is an impressive show.
    — ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
  • And then, with a supportive congress, get his economic program on track and investors onside once again.
    — Jason Ma, Fortune, 12 Oct. 2025
  • Putin plans to invite all Syrian factions to a congress in Sochi early next year.
    — Margaret Talev, Bloomberg.com, 4 Dec. 2017
  • Look at me, going to congress and speaking to the United Nations and building a brand.
    — Justine Harman, Glamour, 16 Jan. 2018
  • The congress in Moscow is set to choose the host or hosts for the 2026 World Cup.
    — Fox News, 12 June 2018
  • Many accused of war crimes have avoided prison, and past guerrilla fighters now sit in the Colombia congress.
    — Renae Reints, Fortune, 18 June 2018
  • Among them is Luis Albán who is campaigning to keep his seat in Colombia's congress.
    — John Otis, NPR, 6 Mar. 2026
  • The president will present his case to congress on December 21st.
    — The Economist, 19 Dec. 2017
  • As if to remind us of this, as the meeting wrapped up, Pahlavi supporters surrounded the building to protest the congress.
    — Arash Azizi, The Atlantic, 4 Apr. 2026
  • At a party congress in December the SPD must decide whether to do just that.
    — The Economist, 31 Aug. 2019
  • At the congress, Beam met with 12 other white power leaders and movement elders to craft a battle plan.
    — TIME, 5 Feb. 2024
  • This year, a dozen members of Guatemala’s congress introduced a law that would grant amnesty to anyone who committed a crime during the war.
    — Natalie Keyssar, National Geographic, 19 Dec. 2019

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