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 march The traveling protesters joined thousands of others dressed in red on Halifax Mall next to the state capitol Friday morning.
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Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2026
Capitol Reef National Park, Utah Straddling a huge portion of southern Utah, Capitol Reef owes its name to the vivid imagination of early settlers, who thought one of its giant white-rock formations resembled a capitol building dome and its jagged cliffs an underwater reef.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
The Malian defense minister was among those killed in the initial attacks after a suicide truck bomber targeted his home near the capitol Bamako.
—Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 May 2026
Thursday's legislative votes came amid protests at the state capitol, and after a walkout by Democrats.
—Benjamin Swasey, NPR, 7 May 2026
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Rebecca Noel, Charlotte Observer, 10 May 2026
Capitol Reef National Park, Utah Straddling a huge portion of southern Utah, Capitol Reef owes its name to the vivid imagination of early settlers, who thought one of its giant white-rock formations resembled a capitol building dome and its jagged cliffs an underwater reef.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, Mercury News, 8 May 2026
The Malian defense minister was among those killed in the initial attacks after a suicide truck bomber targeted his home near the capitol Bamako.
—Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 May 2026
Thursday's legislative votes came amid protests at the state capitol, and after a walkout by Democrats.
—Benjamin Swasey, NPR, 7 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitol
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The state senate passed Weiner’s bill 30-10, above the threshold legislation needs to be fast-tracked into law immediately after the governor signs it, in late January.—
Sacbee.com,
Sacbee.com,
9 Apr. 2026
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David Sengthay, a Stanford senior and the head of the undergraduate-student senate, told me that protests typified the university’s history, up to and including his first two years in Palo Alto.—
Rose Horowitch,
The Atlantic,
25 Mar. 2026
Noun
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But during his early May visit to the statehouse, Johnson told city lawmakers that the Bears — while negotiating for Arlington Heights and Hammond — also had made recent overtures about a stadium based in the city.—
Rick Pearson,
Chicago Tribune,
2 June 2026
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The primary results on Tuesday have set up several likely high-stakes races that could determine control of Congress and statehouses in November, even though some of the day's top contests have yet to be decided.—
Phillip M. Bailey,
USA Today,
2 June 2026
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“Capitol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitol. Accessed 4 Jun. 2026.
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