How to Use have a seat in a Sentence

have a seat

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  • Will Ukraine have a seat at the table?
    Dave Goldiner, New York Daily News, 12 Aug. 2025
  • And if so, does China also have a seat at the table?
    Dana Taylor, USA Today, 10 Feb. 2026
  • While no humans would have a seat on the first flight to Mars, Starship won't be empty.
    Eric Lagatta, USA Today, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The mayor does not have a seat on the city’s Board of Education.
    Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 18 Mar. 2026
  • So grab your barbecue sandwich or a burrito and have a seat to watch some very spiffy cows and their young cowboys and cowgirls do their thing.
    The Know, Denver Post, 22 Jan. 2026
  • On average, standard seats on Southwest have a seat pitch of 31 inches.
    Michael Salerno, AZCentral.com, 27 Jan. 2026
  • What people don’t realize is that stunt coordinators and stunt players have a seat at the table every day.
    Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 9 Jan. 2026
  • Most kayaks will take on some water, especially the sit-on-top kind (as opposed to sit-in kayaks, which have a closed cockpit, or ones that have a seat and pedals).
    Karthika Gupta, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 June 2021
  • For the first time, a member of the County Commission would have a seat on the selection committee.
    Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Queens alumni took to social media Tuesday to pose questions about what the change means and call for Queens students and alumni to have a seat at the table.
    Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
  • In my experience, schools function better when educators are respected and when the people doing the work have a seat at the table.
    Opinion Staff, Oc Register, 7 Apr. 2026
  • Fans don’t have a seat at the table and labor negotiations are largely about divvying up money between management and the workforce.
    Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 17 July 2026
  • And Disney, being Disney, found a way to have a seat at the table without opening another legal battlefront.
    Allison Morrow, CNN Money, 11 Dec. 2025
  • His service assures that paying members have a seat on a large plane reserved solely for PriorityEvac members.
    Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 13 July 2026
  • The rapid adoption of AI makes these questions urgent and demands that accessibility experts have a seat at the table in its design.
    Bill Schiffmiller, Forbes.com, 5 Aug. 2025
  • This is about an opportunity for student athletes to finally take control of a personal asset and have a seat at the table that they have long been denied by antiquated rules.
    Eddie Edwards Jr, Baltimore Sun, 5 Jan. 2026
  • These figures reflect our intentional efforts to create pathways for advancement, foster inclusive leadership and ensure that women have a seat at every table where decisions are made.
    Roger Sands, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2025
  • An opportunity If the Chiefs are going to be conducting a major construction project in Wyandotte County, then local businesses should have a seat at the table during the bidding process, some residents told the commission.
    Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Advertisement Investors in FFE would not have a seat on FIFA’s Council or be able to vote in FIFA’s congress.
    Miranda Jeyaretnam, Time, 29 July 2026
  • As the longtime restaurant writer for The Birmingham News and the Alabama Media Group, I was blessed to have a seat at the chef’s counter and to get to share the story of Birmingham’s transformation from a steel town into one of the South’s great food cities.
    Bob Carlton, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 2026

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