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
At the capitol that day, the agenda included the TWC’s budget proposal for the next fiscal year.
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Lauren Hilgers, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Emotional arguments made their way to school board meetings, live interviews, the chambers of the capitol building, and plenty of social media threads.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Steve Moore, cofounder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, predicts fierce battles in state capitols, where teachers unions and other special interests will try to stop the tax relief movement, scaremongering about damaging cuts to school budgets and potholes in the streets.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
The state capitol will have around nine hours and 41 minutes of sunlight on the solstice.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Dec. 2025
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Lauren Hilgers, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
Emotional arguments made their way to school board meetings, live interviews, the chambers of the capitol building, and plenty of social media threads.
—Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 26 Dec. 2025
Steve Moore, cofounder of the Committee to Unleash Prosperity, predicts fierce battles in state capitols, where teachers unions and other special interests will try to stop the tax relief movement, scaremongering about damaging cuts to school budgets and potholes in the streets.
—Betsy McCaughey, Boston Herald, 21 Dec. 2025
The state capitol will have around nine hours and 41 minutes of sunlight on the solstice.
—Jordan Green, Nashville Tennessean, 8 Dec. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitol
Noun
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The president is backing Whatley in an upcoming senate run in the state.—
Michael Loria,
USA Today,
20 Dec. 2025
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During a faculty senate meeting in September 2013, Subbaswamy and Page clashed over football, with the professor saying the chancellor had breached his public pledge not to let the school’s investment in football undermine education.—
Lev Akabas,
Sportico.com,
24 Nov. 2025
Noun
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Advertisement What the hostage crisis was really like The city of Indianapolis came to a standstill as Kiritsis marched Hall, who wasn’t wearing a coat, down four blocks in near zero-degree temperatures to the Indiana statehouse.—
Olivia B. Waxman,
Time,
9 Jan. 2026
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Pro-regime figures continue to run the security forces, government ministries, statehouses and most city halls around the country.—
John Otis,
NPR,
8 Jan. 2026
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“Capitol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitol. Accessed 20 Jan. 2026.
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