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capitol

noun

ˈka-pə-tᵊl

Definition of capitol

as in senate

the building in which a state legislature meets the legislators were called to the capitol for an emergency session

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Recent Examples of capitol The McMillan Plan of 1902, named after the senator who spearheaded it, laid out a comprehensive vision for the monumental core and park system of the nation's capitol. — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 4 June 2026 In early May, Johnson visited Springfield and, seemingly out of nowhere, raised the prospect of resurrecting the lakefront stadium plan and saying Chicago’s 2024 plan never got a fair hearing in the state capitol. — Robert McCoppin, Chicago Tribune, 5 June 2026 On Wednesday, Department of Human Services Deputy Commissioner John Connolly came to the state capitol to take questions from members of the Senate's Human Services Committee. — Conor Wight, CBS News, 2 July 2026 With facades facing Seventh Avenue, 498 and 500 Seventh Avenue promised a future for America’s fashion capitol and over time, helped chart the success of Norman Norell, Bill Blass, Donna Karan and Ralph Lauren, among others. — Tonya Blazio-Licorish, Footwear News, 23 June 2026 See All Example Sentences for capitol

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Others, like the University of Texas and Texas Tech systems, chose to reconfigure the senates to conform with the state law that capped them at 60 members and allowed university presidents to appoint up to half of their members.

— Mateo Rosiles, USA Today, 7 May 2026
Under a recent state law, Senate Bill 37, Alamo Colleges was forced to consolidate faculty senates at its five campuses into a single districtwide body.

— Scott Huddleston, San Antonio Express-News, 2 May 2026

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After the large crowd gathered on the Capitol’s West steps to take some photographs, a smaller contingency of a couple of hundred people filed into the statehouse to carry on the rally.

— William Melhado, Sacbee.com, 1 July 2026
To adjust for noncoverage bias, the L2 voter file was stratified by statehouse district, party, race, gender, marital status, household size, turnout history, age and homeownership.

— New York Times, New York Times, 1 July 2026

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