Examples of statehouse in a Sentence
a field trip to the statehouse to see the legislature in session
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While Minnesota holds the longest streak—since 1972—of voting for Democrats on the presidential level, Craig notes that statehouse control is tied between the two parties, and the left has just a one-seat majority in the state senate.
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Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
In Texas, meanwhile, statehouse lobbyists are outright banned from accepting payments from corporations linked to foreign adversaries.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2025
Virginia will be the latest state to enter the redistricting battles, as Democrats announced plans Thursday to convene in the statehouse where they are expected to plan redrawing its congressional map.
—Emily Chang, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
In the statehouse, Wiener has passed dozens of bills to spur more and denser housing production and to expand rights and protections for LGBTQ+ students and residents in the state, an issue that earns him regular fire from conservatives.
—Kate Wolffe
october 20, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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Alex J. Rouhandeh, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
In Texas, meanwhile, statehouse lobbyists are outright banned from accepting payments from corporations linked to foreign adversaries.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 28 Oct. 2025
Virginia will be the latest state to enter the redistricting battles, as Democrats announced plans Thursday to convene in the statehouse where they are expected to plan redrawing its congressional map.
—Emily Chang, ABC News, 23 Oct. 2025
In the statehouse, Wiener has passed dozens of bills to spur more and denser housing production and to expand rights and protections for LGBTQ+ students and residents in the state, an issue that earns him regular fire from conservatives.
—Kate Wolffe
october 20, Sacbee.com, 20 Oct. 2025
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“Statehouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/statehouse. Accessed 14 Dec. 2025.
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statehouse
noun
state·house
ˈstāt-ˌhau̇s 
: the building in which a state legislature meets
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