1
as in parliament
the highest lawmaking body of a political unit
the national emergency required a special session of congress
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2
as in meeting
a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose
following World War I a great congress of world leaders took place in Paris to plan the postwar world
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3
as in organization
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
the Canada Trades and Labor Congress
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4
as in sex
sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis
laws that once prohibited congress between people of different races
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Recent Examples of congress
More than 20 speakers from 13 nations are contributing to the 2025 congress, with worship led by Grammy winner Michael W. Smith, Charity Gayle and top Christian artists from across Europe.
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 29 May 2025
The statement, made after a PKK congress in northern Iraq last week, echoes a February call to lay down arms by PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been imprisoned by Turkey since 1999.
—Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025
The Paraguayan made the proposal at his own congress in April to expand the 2030 edition of the tournament to 64 teams.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 17 May 2025
What To Know In remarks on Saturday during a video appearance at a congress in Florence for Italy's right-leaning co-ruling League Party, Musk expressed hope for the Trump administration to ease tariffs against Europe, which faces a 20 percent generic tariff.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Jasmine Baehr, FOXNews.com, 29 May 2025
The statement, made after a PKK congress in northern Iraq last week, echoes a February call to lay down arms by PKK leader Abdullah Öcalan, who has been imprisoned by Turkey since 1999.
—Scott Peterson, Christian Science Monitor, 13 May 2025
The Paraguayan made the proposal at his own congress in April to expand the 2030 edition of the tournament to 64 teams.
—Adam Crafton, New York Times, 17 May 2025
What To Know In remarks on Saturday during a video appearance at a congress in Florence for Italy's right-leaning co-ruling League Party, Musk expressed hope for the Trump administration to ease tariffs against Europe, which faces a 20 percent generic tariff.
—John W. Dean, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Apr. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congress
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Iranian allegations that the IAEA served as an intelligence-gathering platform for Israel and the Iranian parliament’s subsequent approval of a bill suspending cooperation with the agency both suggest that the Islamic Republic is even less likely to abide by transparency measures going forward.—
Hasan T. Alhasan,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Aug. 2025
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After the Iranian parliament floated a plan to shut down the Strait of Hormuz in June following U.S. strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities, China spoke out against closing the critical oil transit route.—
Didi Tang,
Chicago Tribune,
4 Aug. 2025
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Start your day with a morning coffee, drop by for a lunch meeting to dine on tasty salade niçoise and pinsa, or come here for date night to enjoy their blue crab toast and linguine with clams.—
Rana Good,
Forbes.com,
8 Aug. 2025
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The dark wooden door inside a meeting room at Ohio State’s football facility, and the empty space behind it running seven feet long and three wide.—
Andrew Callahan,
Boston Herald,
7 Aug. 2025
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Most cybersecurity frameworks are designed to protect individual organizations.—
Vishaal Hariprasad,
Forbes.com,
15 Aug. 2025
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Clear the Air in Havering, a local campaign organization, took it to court, arguing its decision relied on flawed air pollution data and overlooked the spikes seen on fire days.—
Laura Paddison,
CNN Money,
15 Aug. 2025
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So no therapy will work equally well, or even in the same manner, for both sexes.—
Tad Friend,
New Yorker,
4 Aug. 2025
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Online dating sites provide an avenue for widows and widowers to meet eligible people of both sexes.—
Jeanne Phillips,
Mercury News,
1 Aug. 2025
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But Democrats in the Indiana legislature don’t have the numbers to break quorum like their Texas counterparts.—
Dan Petrella,
Chicago Tribune,
15 Aug. 2025
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The process is always the same: turning a vague promise into a de facto tax cut, bypassing the mess and expense of legislation, lobbying legislatures, and competing on merit.—
Andrew Leahey,
Forbes.com,
14 Aug. 2025
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Richard and Rose-Marie Dujardin visited Milwaukee from Rhode Island on Aug. 15, 2022, for a Catholic Financial Life convention.—
Chris Ramirez,
jsonline.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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Bower, who grew up going to Chuck E. Cheese (then Showbiz Pizza Place) in Flint, Michigan, sells artwork at comic conventions.—
Katherine Laidlaw,
HubSpot,
8 Aug. 2025
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The institute’s pitch is modeled after Seattle’s JumpStart 2020 payroll expense tax but the group roughly doubled the highest rate there to come up with its tax dollar estimates for Chicago.—
A.D. Quig,
Chicago Tribune,
3 Aug. 2025
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The institute’s purchase of the Birkenstock property is its second major investment in the vicinity in little more than a year.—
Richard Halstead,
Mercury News,
31 July 2025
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American society and our relations with other societies are driven by the competition/conflict choice.—
Letters to the Editor,
Orlando Sentinel,
4 Jan. 2025
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Insiders describe relations between her and brother Santo as tense and combative.—
Mattia Dognini,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Congress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congress. Accessed 22 Aug. 2025.
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