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as in headquarters
a place from which authority is exercised
all applications had to be submitted at the county seat for proper processing
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as in bum
the part of the body upon which someone sits
fell down on his well-padded seat
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as in center
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
a capital that is the seat of culture for the whole nation
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as in to induct
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
one of the first appointments that he made after being seated as president of the state senate
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Recent Examples of seat
Chris Willman, Variety, 7 June 2026
Democrats, for months, have been bullish on flipping the seat Susan Collins has held for nearly thirty years with oyster farmer and veteran Graham Platner.
—ABC News, 7 June 2026
ABC News, 8 June 2026
On the other hand, the cloth seats in many buses are filthy.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
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Noun
Virtually any tickets available through secondary sellers for floor seats or in the loge/club sections of an arena are over $1,000.
—Chris Willman, Variety, 7 June 2026
Democrats, for months, have been bullish on flipping the seat Susan Collins has held for nearly thirty years with oyster farmer and veteran Graham Platner.
—ABC News, 7 June 2026
Verb
The seats are located in section VIP 10, row AA, seats 25 and 26, right off center court.
—ABC News, 8 June 2026
On the other hand, the cloth seats in many buses are filthy.
—Chicago Tribune, 8 June 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seat
Noun
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For those caught unaware, the flies will also happily lay eggs in convenient openings such as the nose, mouth, ears, eyes, and even the bum, if available.—
Beth Mole,
ArsTechnica,
9 June 2026
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The Kings will inevitably be criticized for making a series of bad decisions and bum deals while Fox, Barnes and Brown grace the game’s grandest stage a year after being cast off under questionable circumstances.—
Jason Anderson,
Sacbee.com,
2 June 2026
Noun
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Vegas played much of the night without center William Karlsson, who was being checked out on the bench for an apparent upper-body injury.—
Los Angeles Times,
Los Angeles Times,
12 June 2026
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Philadelphia declared a heat health emergency for Thursday and Friday, activating cooling centers, home visits by field teams, outreach to people experiencing homelessness and other services.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
12 June 2026
Verb
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Trump is the first sitting US president to attend an NBA finals game and the first to attend a Super Bowl.—
Alejandra Gularte,
Vulture,
9 June 2026
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When Jalen Brunson hit a 3-pointer to give the Knicks a five-point lead late in the first half, the Garden erupted so much that the 300-level bridge, where your two NBC News correspondents are sitting, began to shake.—
Andrew Greif,
NBC news,
9 June 2026
Verb
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Fifteen of them were inducted into the National Soccer Hall of Fame.—
Kevin Baxter,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
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New entrants were inducted into the main group, the Great Hall, by an account called the Master of Scrolls and Decorum.—
Heidi Blake,
New Yorker,
8 June 2026
Noun
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Modern Pastry Shop is for buying sfogliatella (lobster tails).—
Michele Herrmann,
Forbes.com,
11 June 2026
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Two key features of scorpions — the sting at the end of the tail and comblike sensory organs called pectines on scorpions’ underside — have not been found, said Dunlop, who was an author on the 2015 paper and a reviewer of the new study.—
Shraddha Chakradhar,
CNN Money,
10 June 2026
Noun
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Check out the all new PLAY hub with puzzles, games and more!—
Wendy Naugle,
USA Today,
13 June 2026
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Other major Filipino American hubs in the Bay Area include Union City and Vallejo.—
Ryan Macasero,
Mercury News,
13 June 2026
Verb
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Leo will celebrate Mass in Gaudí’s unfinished masterpiece, the Sagrada Familia, and will inaugurate its central spire, the Tower of Jesus Christ, which has made the basilica the world’s tallest church.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
6 June 2026
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Later this month, Pope Leo XIV will visit Barcelona’s famed Sagrada Familia to inaugurate and bless the Tower of Jesus Christ, the final tower of the long-gestating church.—
Harrison Jacobs,
ARTnews.com,
4 June 2026
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Everyone offers their name and kisses everyone else, and women scrape their lipstick off other people’s cheeks.—
Literary Hub,
Literary Hub,
8 June 2026
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With a prosthetic nose, forehead, a set of cheeks and an upper lip to attach, that’s where accuracy took a bit of a back seat.—
Carita Rizzo,
HollywoodReporter,
8 June 2026
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“Seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seat. Accessed 14 Jun. 2026.
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