have a seat

idiom

: to sit down

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Ensuring that all voices have a seat at the table in city decision-making is paramount to successfully serving as a council member. Harrison Mantas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 Apr. 2025 The representatives for North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) members including the United Kingdom, Lithuania, and Germany demanded that Kyiv have a seat at the table during peace negotiations and have alleged that the U.S. has made concessions to Putin before talks have begun. Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 14 Feb. 2025 Running with the pack While Amazon doesn’t have a seat at the table in the Trump administration, Bezos, the company’s founder and top shareholder, has tried to establish a friendly rapport with the president, as has Amazon, now led by CEO Andy Jassy. Annie Palmer, CNBC, 9 Apr. 2025 Carney, who doesn't yet have a seat in parliament, is the only Canadian leader in the poll with a higher approval than disapproval rate. Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 27 Mar. 2025 Carney, 59, has not previously been elected to public office and doesn't have a seat in Parliament. Rachel Treisman, NPR, 10 Mar. 2025 The twins will each have a seat on the football club’s board of directors following their investment, which was made though Winklevoss Capital. Robert Olsen, Forbes, 20 Feb. 2025 Will Ukraine have a seat at that table for those negotiations? ABC News, 16 Feb. 2025 Trump, much like Putin, sees Ukraine as an inconvenience, an obstacle, something that should be grateful to even have a seat at the table. Illia Ponomarenko, TIME, 6 Mar. 2025

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“Have a seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20a%20seat. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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