as in senate
the building in which a state legislature meets
the legislators were called to the capitol for an emergency session
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Recent Examples of capitol
The next day, a group of advocates gave a press conference at the capitol.
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Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2025
Two years later, workers began construction on the new state capitol building.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
A week after the initial cuts happened, Moore helped organize protests at the state capitol, Topeka, and in downtown Lawrence.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 22 May 2025
Recommendations The Maryland State House is the nation’s oldest state capitol in continuous legislative use and was briefly the U.S. capitol (1783-84).
—Charles Babington, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 11 Apr. 2025
Two years later, workers began construction on the new state capitol building.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
A week after the initial cuts happened, Moore helped organize protests at the state capitol, Topeka, and in downtown Lawrence.
—Sam Gillette, People.com, 22 May 2025
Recommendations The Maryland State House is the nation’s oldest state capitol in continuous legislative use and was briefly the U.S. capitol (1783-84).
—Charles Babington, New York Times, 21 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitol
Noun
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Faculty senates at several other colleges are expected to vote in the coming weeks.—
Tracey Tully,
New York Times,
30 Apr. 2025
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In the spring of last year, eighteen professors met to discuss university governance and alighted on the idea of creating a faculty senate—something that Stanford, Chicago, Johns Hopkins, and many other schools already have.—
Nathan Heller,
The New Yorker,
3 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Outside the Arizona statehouse, a social media video showed protesters jeering at and then skirmishing with a masked man Saturday, who eventually pulled out a handgun, causing the crowd to scatter.—
Jesse Bedayn,
Los Angeles Times,
15 June 2025
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Since 2018, this series has helped many patients and readers get their medical bills reduced, and it has been cited in statehouses, at the U.S. Capitol, and at the White House.—
Arielle Zionts,
Miami Herald,
30 May 2025
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“Capitol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitol. Accessed 2 Jul. 2025.
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