as in capitol
the building in which a state legislature meets a field trip to the statehouse to see the legislature in session

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Recent Examples of statehouse With a benevolent billionaire in the governor’s office, a Democratic supermajority in the statehouse and a willing partner in City Hall, there has never been a better opportunity to right the past wrongs of racial discrimination. Jackson Potter, Chicago Tribune, 28 Aug. 2025 DeWine told the statehouse bureau that there was no plan to send the Ohio National Guard to Cincinnati or any other Ohio city. Jessie Balmert, The Enquirer, 21 Aug. 2025 With most state legislatures now out of session for the year, statehouse debates over interchange fees have cooled for the time being. Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025 The legislation, known as Assembly Bill 1392, is uneventfully making its way through the statehouse. Jeff McDonald, Mercury News, 18 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for statehouse
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  • The increase will also have an impact on the state’s budget, affecting health care and human services, housing initiatives, school finance and K-12 education, transportation operations, capitol construction and unemployment insurance.
    Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
  • Just before midnight on Friday, August 22nd, insects circled the bright lights outside the Texas state capitol and sprinklers watered the lawn.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 2 Sep. 2025

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“Statehouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/statehouse. Accessed 15 Sep. 2025.

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