congresswoman

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Recent Examples of congresswoman One day before their election, the former congresswoman was polling ahead of her GOP counterpart by an average of almost 9 percentage points. Naomi Lim, The Washington Examiner, 4 Nov. 2025 Sherrill, a Navy veteran and congresswoman, was for a time viewed as vulnerable, as polls showed a tight race and voter dissatisfaction with the state of the state, controlled by Democrats. Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 Nov. 2025 In December, 2021, the Republican congresswoman Nancy Mace held a floating press conference off the shore of Morgan Island, which lies in her district. Ava Kofman, New Yorker, 3 Nov. 2025 The congresswoman was dressed in a traditional Mexican dress and wore a sombrero while Pearcy wore an ICE vest over fatigues. ABC News, 3 Nov. 2025 See All Example Sentences for congresswoman
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congressman
Noun
  • Cheney followed in his footsteps—becoming a congressman in 1978, and a Secretary of Defense in 1989.
    Nina Khrushcheva, Time, 8 Nov. 2025
  • The congressman, who first took office in 2003, is the ranking Democrat on the House Agriculture Committee and previously served as its chair.
    Robert Alexander, MSNBC Newsweek, 7 Nov. 2025

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