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 Sacramento Bee is the leading news voice in the region, covering the state capitol and, combined with the other California properties, the issues and people of Northern California.
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Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The increase will also have an impact on the state’s budget, affecting health care and human services, housing initiatives, school finance and K-12 education, transportation operations, capitol construction and unemployment insurance.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
It’s not lost on many in the Texas capitol that the same interests who blocked tort reform from passing during the regular session earlier this year also helped finance Texas Democrats’ latest quorum-blocking walkout.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Which is why dozens of Texas Democrats have fled Austin, the state capitol, and are glamping in Chicagoland.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
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Sacbee.com, 9 Sep. 2025
The increase will also have an impact on the state’s budget, affecting health care and human services, housing initiatives, school finance and K-12 education, transportation operations, capitol construction and unemployment insurance.
—Jessica Alvarado Gamez, Denver Post, 6 Sep. 2025
It’s not lost on many in the Texas capitol that the same interests who blocked tort reform from passing during the regular session earlier this year also helped finance Texas Democrats’ latest quorum-blocking walkout.
—Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 18 Aug. 2025
Which is why dozens of Texas Democrats have fled Austin, the state capitol, and are glamping in Chicagoland.
—Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitol
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Indiana and Utah have also passed laws limiting the powers of faculty senates, and the University of Kentucky did so on its own initiative, disbanding its university senate and thereby stripping faculty of decision-making power over academic matters.—
Michael T. Nietzel,
Forbes.com,
1 Sep. 2025
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The revision addressed some of the new rules stipulated in the bylaws, including lowering the number of faculty senate members from 89 to 60.—
Fousia Abdullahi,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
15 Aug. 2025
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Ultimately, the state attorney general charged 20 state felonies against eight people alleged to have engaged in planning and training for an attack on the statehouse and a plan to kidnap lawmakers, including Whitmer.—
Nadine El-Bawab,
ABC News,
12 Sep. 2025
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Lawmakers, advocacy organizations, patients seek accountability In February, Meyer took time off work and traveled to the Indiana statehouse to testify in favor of Senate Bill 317, which called for limitations on hospital payment plans.—
Megan Garnai,
IndyStar,
10 Sep. 2025
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“Capitol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitol. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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