Recent Examples on the WebAnd by year’s end, California will very likely have a new U.S. senator in the mold of its past one, Dianne Feinstein, whose former seat Democrat Schiff is vying to fill.—Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 6 Mar. 2024 In addition to McCarty, former state senator Richard Pan, epidemiologist Flojaune Cofer, and former councilman Steve Hansen are running for mayor.—Theresa Clift, Sacramento Bee, 6 Mar. 2024 Gutierrez, the state senator for District 19 since 2021, positioned himself to Allred’s left over the course of the campaign.—Jaime Moore-Carrillo, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2024 Who is George Lang? Lang has served as a West Chester Township trustee and served two terms in the Ohio House of Representatives before he was elected senator in 2020.—Erin Glynn, The Enquirer, 6 Mar. 2024 Representatives of education organizations across the state told senators earlier this month that state law already allows school boards to approve any curriculum.—Brittany Carloni, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Mar. 2024 In December 1883, robbers seized $7,000 in mining payroll money held at the bank run by the Goldwater-Castaneda Mercantile, co-owned by the father of Barry Goldwater, a 1964 Republican presidential nominee and Arizona U.S. senator.—Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 3 Mar. 2024 Topline Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley secured her first endorsement from a sitting senator Friday afternoon when Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, announced her support for the former South Carolina governor in her campaign against former President Donald Trump.—Molly Bohannon, Forbes, 1 Mar. 2024 Some senators have grown concerned Trump’s musings could endanger what are incredibly delicate negotiations.—The Courier-Journal, 23 Feb. 2024
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Word History
Etymology
Middle English senatour, from Anglo-French senatur, from Latin senator, from senatus
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