the Capitol

noun

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

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Friends, family, and coworkers bid her farewell in a funeral service held on the steps of the Capitol Building the following week. Christa Swanson, CBS News, 19 Dec. 2025 Shroyer was sentenced in September 2023 to two months in prison and one was one of a few defendants convicted without having entered the Capitol. Ryan Mancini, The Hill, 18 Dec. 2025 But on Thursday, much of the party rallied behind him on the Capitol steps, with several lawmakers praising his approach. Joey Cappelletti, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025 Where the subsidies debate stands Groups of rank-and-file members on both sides of the Capitol have been trying to advance a bipartisan measure to extend the subsidies, along with some reforms. Sam Gringlas, NPR, 17 Dec. 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 26 Dec. 2025.

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