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Casar’s story touched on a subject close to Sanders’s heart, and not only because the senator dislikes it when billionaires get sweetheart deals.—Louisa Thomas, New Yorker, 29 Mar. 2026 The senator discussed jobs, tax cuts, school choice, investment accounts for children, immigration, foreign policy and freedom in the wide-raging speech.—Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Mar. 2026 In each setting, voters — conservatives, liberals, the extremes and betweens — have chosen their representatives, senators and a president who now set the nation's course.—CBS News, 29 Mar. 2026 Kim, a first-term senator elected in 2024 after serving in the House, has previously been reluctant to weigh in on internal leadership fights.—Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 29 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for senator
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Etymology
Middle English senatour, from Anglo-French senatur, from Latin senator, from senatus