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as in headquarters
a place from which authority is exercised
all applications had to be submitted at the county seat for proper processing
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as in bum
the part of the body upon which someone sits
fell down on his well-padded seat
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as in center
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
a capital that is the seat of culture for the whole nation
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as in to induct
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
one of the first appointments that he made after being seated as president of the state senate
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Recent Examples of seat
Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2025
At the end of Season 3, The Vault published a piece suggesting that Cory had groomed Bradley, which put him in the hot seat at UBA and ultimately ousting him from his position as CEO.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
In and around stadiums that seat 30,000 or more people around the time of sporting events.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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Noun
Aerodynamic bodywork on the outside is optimized for performance, and there will probably be no rear seat.
—Erik Shilling, Robb Report, 1 Oct. 2025
At the end of Season 3, The Vault published a piece suggesting that Cory had groomed Bradley, which put him in the hot seat at UBA and ultimately ousting him from his position as CEO.
—Dessi Gomez, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
Verb
For long stretches of the play’s first act, Winter and Reeves stay seated, perched at the tunnel’s opening, gazing out over the audience.
—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
In and around stadiums that seat 30,000 or more people around the time of sporting events.
—Nushrat Rahman, Freep.com, 29 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seat
Noun
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Cora planned for his players to test the right fielder’s bum elbow — the Red Sox always attack pinstriped vulnerabilities on the basepaths — and sure enough Nick Sogard turned a single into a double in the seventh because Judge can’t throw the ball.—
Ian O'Connor,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
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Among them are South Korean’s CIA Director (Ryoo Seung-bum) and the Japanese Deputy Minister of Transport (Takayuki Yamada).—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Schiff and Levin chose a TrueCare health center on Mesa Drive in Oceanside to deliver their message.—
Paul Sisson,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Sep. 2025
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The remaining contestants are placed in the center of a grid of 16 rooms, and asked to find the exit within 15 rounds.—
Kayti Burt,
Time,
26 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Or rather not sitting, but dancing.—
Sara Holdren,
Vulture,
26 Sep. 2025
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Xicoia will sit alongside AI production company Particle6, which Van Der Velden founded in 2015, and will build on Particle6’s proprietary avatar personality engine DeepFame plus a direct fan engagement platform.—
Diana Lodderhose,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Neither has been inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame despite decades of eligibility and a cosmic consensus of their greatness.—
Devon Ivie,
Vulture,
25 Sep. 2025
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In 2021, she was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, joining her father, Muhammad Ali, as part of the sport’s most prestigious lineage.—
Rosy Cordero,
Deadline,
25 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The bird had blue feathers on its back and tail and white spots on its wings, similar to a blue jay.—
Amanda Schupak,
CNN Money,
29 Sep. 2025
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Experts previously believed the tail was the main propulsive organ in nothosaurs.—
Mrigakshi Dixit,
Interesting Engineering,
29 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And the company reports compatibility with more donor bike styles, including commuter models, fatbikes, rear-hub ebikes and step-through frames.—
New Atlas,
New Atlas,
28 Sep. 2025
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Lagos is known as the Algarve’s top surfing hub.—
Stacey Leasca,
Travel + Leisure,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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That May, days after Vladimir Putin was inaugurated to his first term as Russia’s President, a high-ranking Kremlin official conveyed a list of demands to NTV.—
Joshua Yaffa,
New Yorker,
26 Sep. 2025
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Only a few kilometers away, a new mega port — a joint project with China — has just been inaugurated.—
Sabrina Weiss,
The Dial,
23 Sep. 2025
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The videoboard showed Fry, a bandage applied beneath his nose and stretching to both cheeks, waving the flag on the third-base line as the crowd roared.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
29 Sep. 2025
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Skeet is a diminutive figure with short, gray hair, and a round face with prominent cheeks.—
Mitch Moxley,
Rolling Stone,
27 Sep. 2025
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“Seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seat. Accessed 2 Oct. 2025.
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