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The House has approved two measures, while the Senate passed a small package of three bills on Friday before senators began their break.—Arkansas Online, 6 Aug. 2025 The senators eventually all returned willingly after Hobby had agreed not to put the measure shifting the primary date to a vote again or arrest any of the legislators.—Rachael Dziaba, ABC News, 6 Aug. 2025 The two-term senator will face off against Tennessee Rep. John Rose in the Republican primary next year, as both Trump supporters seek to replace the current GOP governor, Bill Lee, who is bound by term limits.—Meredith Kile, People.com, 6 Aug. 2025 The senator was referring to when lawmakers were able to pass the two bills major to both parties’ priorities, along with a CR for other agencies to prevent a shutdown, for fiscal 2019 during Trump’s first term.—Aris Folley, The Hill, 5 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for senator
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Etymology
Middle English senatour, from Anglo-French senatur, from Latin senator, from senatus
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