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Voters are also electing 40 of 76 seats in the upper house (Senate), replacing senators who are at the end of their six-year term.—Hilary Whiteman and Angus Watson, CNN Money, 3 May 2025 The move adds a fourth role for the former Republican senator from Florida in the Trump administration.—Joey Garrison, USA Today, 2 May 2025 The senators filed the letter after a Washington Post column brought up how a growing number of countries, including Vietnam, Bangladesh, Pakistan and India, have been granting or moving faster to let Starlink operate within their borders — all within the last few months.—Michael Kan, PC Magazine, 2 May 2025 But in March, Schumer deviated, leading a group of 10 Democratic senators to vote with the GOP to avert a government shutdown.—Bradley Tusk, New York Daily News, 2 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for senator
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Middle English senatour, from Anglo-French senatur, from Latin senator, from senatus
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