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as in headquarters
a place from which authority is exercised
all applications had to be submitted at the county seat for proper processing
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2
as in bum
the part of the body upon which someone sits
fell down on his well-padded seat
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as in center
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
a capital that is the seat of culture for the whole nation
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as in to induct
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
one of the first appointments that he made after being seated as president of the state senate
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Recent Examples of seat
Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 2 May 2025
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Over the course of four decades, my mom has witnessed some gross things while traveling, including someone wiping their bloody nose and stuffing the dirty tissues into the airplane seat pocket.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2025
Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
Cuomo, who was already seated, warily arched his eyebrows.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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Noun
This may be why tickets came at a hefty price, with some orchestra seats costing $900 and up.
—Taryn Finley, Refinery29, 2 May 2025
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Over the course of four decades, my mom has witnessed some gross things while traveling, including someone wiping their bloody nose and stuffing the dirty tissues into the airplane seat pocket.
—Rylee Johnston, Travel + Leisure, 2 May 2025
Verb
The rancor of the campaign season was put to bed last week as the Oak Park and River Forest High School District 200 board installed its new board president and seated its new and returning members.
—Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2025
Cuomo, who was already seated, warily arched his eyebrows.
—Eric Lach, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seat
Noun
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This was all done with a bum wrist, which posed as an inconvenience to him at times.—
Hannah Kirby,
Journal Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2024
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Tommy, left to prosecute the case against Rusty, has inherited a bum gig.—
Vinson Cunningham,
The New Yorker,
26 July 2024
Noun
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Installing new modern hardware and software for all air traffic facilities to create a common platform system throughout towers, TRACONs and centers.—
Zach Wichter,
USA Today,
9 May 2025
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Wires from Singapore Rodriguez was one of several donors to quickly reached out to the center after Buffett first announced the initiative in the company’s annual shareholder letter released in February.—
Alex Harring,
CNBC,
8 May 2025
Verb
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Inside the one-story cinder block building, three state health officials sat along a table at the front of the largely vacant room.—
Margaret Coker,
ProPublica,
14 May 2025
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Mary Boulder is sitting next to me, and she’s got a stopwatch.—
Antonia Blyth,
Deadline,
14 May 2025
Verb
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With a professional soccer career that spanned 17 years for the U.S. Women’s National Team, legendary forward Carli Lloyd was officially inducted into the national Soccer Hall of Fame at Toyota Stadium in Frisco, Texas.—
Jackie Gutierrez,
Forbes.com,
4 May 2025
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However, the band missed the necessary votes to get inducted.—
Ernesto Lechner,
Rolling Stone,
3 May 2025
Noun
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The shark skin can be applied to an aircraft’s fuselage, wings, and tail, and could improve efficiency up to 4 percent, according to Micro Tau estimates.—
Michael Verdon,
Robb Report,
3 May 2025
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Lose a tail and stem cells in the spinal cord sync up like an orchestra, accelerating their division in unison to rebuild the missing structure.—
Scott Travers,
Forbes.com,
1 May 2025
Noun
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Indeed, ad commitments to streaming video hubs rose a noticeable 35.3%, hiking to $11.1 billion from $8.2 billion in 2023’s market.—
Brian Steinberg,
Variety,
11 May 2025
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The surrounding Granary District, one of the oldest neighborhoods in Salt Lake, was once an industrial and manufacturing hub.—
Carley Thornell,
Travel + Leisure,
11 May 2025
Verb
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Our latest project is La Casa di Maratea, a family villa in Basilicata, inaugurated a year ago.—
Felicity Carter,
Forbes.com,
12 May 2025
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When Pope Francis was elected as Pope on March 13, 2013, he was inaugurated just six days later.—
Solcyré Burga,
Time,
9 May 2025
Noun
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An older woman, a friend of my mother’s (my mother was also a teacher at the school), walked over and pinched my cheeks, first one and then the other, as an adult might do to an infant.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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With her hands clasped to the sides of her face, the well-to-do woman is said to have demonstrated her request by lifting the corners of her mouth and cheeks.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
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“Seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seat. Accessed 18 May. 2025.
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