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
Iowa’s politics have shifted drastically since Reynolds first got to the state capitol in Des Moines.
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Hannah Fingerhut, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025
Trump claimed a painting of him in Colorado’s capitol was distorted.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
In the capitol, an aggressive red-tape snipping mood seems to have set in.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
Among his best bits is a riff on how the internet algorithm so easily manipulates men looking for guidance, taking them from workout videos to storming the capitol faster than the click of a mouse.
—Will Digravio, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
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Hannah Fingerhut, Twin Cities, 11 Apr. 2025
Trump claimed a painting of him in Colorado’s capitol was distorted.
—Patrick Kingsley, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
In the capitol, an aggressive red-tape snipping mood seems to have set in.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2025
Among his best bits is a riff on how the internet algorithm so easily manipulates men looking for guidance, taking them from workout videos to storming the capitol faster than the click of a mouse.
—Will Digravio, TIME, 21 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitol
Noun
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Those chambers include Arizona and North Carolina’s state houses and senates, New Hampshire’s state house, and Georgia’s state house.—
Julia Manchester,
The Hill,
11 Feb. 2025
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The bill was submitted to the French senate by Senator Michel Savin with the right-wing Republican party.—
Frey Lindsay,
Forbes,
19 Feb. 2025
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Davis first met Hilton when conservative leader David Cameron of England visited then-Gov. Schwarzenegger’s cigar-smoking tent at the statehouse in Sacramento in 2008 and worked with him on Cameron’s successful 2010 campaign to become prime minister.—
Seema Mehta,
Los Angeles Times,
21 Apr. 2025
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While the current Trump administration is slashing all of the above, there are bipartisan efforts underway to address climate change on Capitol Hill and in statehouses nationwide.—
Joan Michelson,
Forbes.com,
27 Mar. 2025
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“Capitol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitol. Accessed 6 May. 2025.
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