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
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.
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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
The watchdog group is celebrating its 25th year as a powerful environmental force at the state capitol in Hartford.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
Earlier this year, Polis declared March 15 to be Colorado Canada Friendship Day and raised the Canadian flag over the state capitol in a sign of solidarity, as previously reported by The Center Square.
—Elyse Apel, The Washington Examiner, 5 Aug. 2025
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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
The watchdog group is celebrating its 25th year as a powerful environmental force at the state capitol in Hartford.
—Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Aug. 2025
Earlier this year, Polis declared March 15 to be Colorado Canada Friendship Day and raised the Canadian flag over the state capitol in a sign of solidarity, as previously reported by The Center Square.
—Elyse Apel, The Washington Examiner, 5 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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Oman noted that the last time Iowa saw both an open Senate and governor’s race in the same year was 1968, when Democrat Harold Hughes moved from the statehouse to the Senate, and Republican Robert Ray succeeded him as governor.—
Samantha-Jo Roth,
The Washington Examiner,
3 Sep. 2025
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With a benevolent billionaire in the governor’s office, a Democratic supermajority in the statehouse and a willing partner in City Hall, there has never been a better opportunity to right the past wrongs of racial discrimination.—
Jackson Potter,
Chicago Tribune,
28 Aug. 2025
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“Capitol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitol. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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