the Capitol

noun

: the building in which the U.S. Congress meets in Washington, D.C.

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Children ran up and down the grassy slope behind the Capitol as their families protested on James Robertson Parkway. Vivian Jones, Nashville Tennessean, 18 Oct. 2025 On the Capitol steps, groups from several Arkansas churches were gathered to play music and pray. Arkansas Online, 18 Oct. 2025 The biggest protests are planned for outside the Capitol in Washington, DC, Boston, New York, Atlanta, Kansas City, San Francisco, Chicago, New Orleans and Bozeman, Montana. Sarah D. Wire, USA Today, 18 Oct. 2025 Four months before the 2024 election, the Center for Renewing America had welcomed a small group of congressional staffers to its headquarters, a few blocks from the Capitol. Andy Kroll, ProPublica, 18 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for the Capitol

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“The Capitol.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20Capitol. Accessed 27 Oct. 2025.

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