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senates

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plural of senate

as in chambers

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Recent Examples of senates Indiana and Utah have also passed laws limiting the powers of faculty senates, and the University of Kentucky did so on its own initiative, disbanding its university senate and thereby stripping faculty of decision-making power over academic matters. — Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025

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The effort is meant to bring new jobs and millions of dollars to the state as the GOP seeks to keep control of both chambers in the midterm elections next month.

— Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 21 Oct. 2026
However, if Democrats focus on AI safety after winning control of one or both chambers of Congress next month, the group’s work on AI issues leaves it well-positioned.

— Ashley Gold, semafor.com, 21 Oct. 2026

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There’s nothing more calming than watching people try to redo their houses into the home of their dreams.

— Samantha Masunaga, Los Angeles Times, 20 Oct. 2026
The man in question was Jean-Louis Dumas, then the chief executive of Hermès, and the sixth generation of family leadership in the most vaunted of French luxury houses.

— Marisa Meltzer, Vanity Fair, 19 Oct. 2026

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The fate of one of Midtown Atlanta’s oldest church halls is starting to come into focus.

— Zachary Hansen, AJC.com, 21 Oct. 2026
Her lucky bag, a faux-ostrich purse in Knickerbocker orange, became a viral sensation in and of itself — and now sits in a glass case in the hallowed halls of the Guggenheim Museum.

— Seija Rankin, HollywoodReporter, 21 Oct. 2026

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