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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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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Despite winning the most seats in parliament, the party was prevented from forming a government after conservative lawmakers took issue with the party’s royal reform agenda.—
Helen Regan,
CNN Money,
21 Aug. 2025
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Given the high sponsorship costs amid the increase in demand to host Formula One, Malaysia's sports minister, Hannah Yeoh, confirmed in the parliament that her country won't be bringing back F1 any time soon.—
Saajan Jogia,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Aug. 2025
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The ceremony was also tearful, according to the images released by North Korea, with Kim meeting with bereaved family members who were seen sobbing and paying tribute to soldiers’ photos on the wall.—
Jessie Yeung,
CNN Money,
22 Aug. 2025
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Simply uploading a meeting transcript to generate a summary can result in the inadvertent exposure of restricted content.—
Nino Letteriello,
Forbes.com,
22 Aug. 2025
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Measuring Progress Targeting The Net Zero Goal At its third meeting of strategic business leaders this past June, the organization published its Roadmap to 2050, aiming to reach net zero by that date.—
Kathleen Turner,
Forbes.com,
28 Aug. 2025
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Foreign-aid organizations challenged the ability of Trump to refuse to spend funds approved by Congress.—
Maureen Groppe,
USA Today,
28 Aug. 2025
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Balls move the plot along in Austen’s novels because, much like the novel itself, a dance is a codified art form and the space where relations between the sexes are tested.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
4 Aug. 2025
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Long before the genome was sequenced, people had identified specific parts of the chromosomes that, if deleted, were lethal—but only if inherited from one of the two sexes.—
ArsTechnica,
ArsTechnica,
23 June 2025
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But Cristina is no Lula, particularly not when her intention was to run for the local legislature in the Buenos Aires Province.—
Agustino Fontevecchia,
Forbes.com,
27 Aug. 2025
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Just how safe depends on whether the state's governor and legislature decide to pursue mid-decade redistricting, following Trump asking Texas Republicans to draw five more congressional seats for the GOP ahead of the 2026 midterm elections.—
Barbara Sprunt,
NPR,
27 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 Report is authored by experts from Catalyst, a global nonprofit seeking to advance gender equity at work, and the Meltzer Center for Diversity, Inclusion, and Belonging, a research institute focusing on DEI and the law.—
Michelle Travis,
Forbes.com,
19 Aug. 2025
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The institute includes a medical school, which took in its first students on July 14.—
Arkansas Online,
Arkansas Online,
15 Aug. 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 2 Sep. 2025.
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