senate

noun

Definition of senatenext
as in house

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Recent Examples of senate David Sengthay, a Stanford senior and the head of the undergraduate-student senate, told me that protests typified the university’s history, up to and including his first two years in Palo Alto. — Rose Horowitch, The Atlantic, 25 Mar. 2026 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 Some faculty members said the groups have become especially helpful after Senate Bill 37 eliminated faculty senates and replaced them with smaller councils that have fewer responsibilities. — Samantha Ketterer, Houston Chronicle, 23 Feb. 2026 The refusal to engage with the media contrasts Davis’ predecessors and contributes to a sharp decline in transparency at the Forty Acres, which also lost its faculty senate, a long-standing public forum that allowed faculty to question the president directly. — Lily Kepner, Austin American Statesman, 25 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for senate
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  1. house
  2. chamber
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  • Now that Love's eight children are all grown up and out of the house, the family has opted to sell the home and look for something smaller near Lake Tahoe, according to the listing agency.
    — Colson Thayer, PEOPLE, 2 July 2026
  • Plaintiffs have used internal documents from the companies to allege that, in house, people have long recognized a correlation between NEC and the use of preterm formulas made from cow’s milk.
    — David Hilzenrath, USA Today, 2 July 2026
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  • There's no realistic way that a constitutional amendment that controversial — which requires two-thirds approval from both chambers and three-fourths of the states to ratify — could pass in this Congress.
    — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 7 July 2026
  • Lilting piano follows her through the darkness of the castle’s chambers.
    — Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 6 July 2026
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