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Recent Examples of senate
The faculty senate of Rutgers University began the initiative, passing a resolution April 6 to establish the compact among the Big Ten’s 18 universities.
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Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
Faculty senates at several other colleges are expected to vote in the coming weeks.
—Tracey Tully, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
In the spring of last year, eighteen professors met to discuss university governance and alighted on the idea of creating a faculty senate—something that Stanford, Chicago, Johns Hopkins, and many other schools already have.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
That legislation has been passed on the house side of the legislature and is now under consideration by the Maryland state senate.
—Edward Conroy, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Lexi Lonas Cochran, The Hill, 18 Apr. 2025
Faculty senates at several other colleges are expected to vote in the coming weeks.
—Tracey Tully, New York Times, 30 Apr. 2025
In the spring of last year, eighteen professors met to discuss university governance and alighted on the idea of creating a faculty senate—something that Stanford, Chicago, Johns Hopkins, and many other schools already have.
—Nathan Heller, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
That legislation has been passed on the house side of the legislature and is now under consideration by the Maryland state senate.
—Edward Conroy, Forbes, 28 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senate
Noun
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Going directly from cooking inside the house and only trying my own food to trying small restaurants and traveling within a week’s span was a blessing.—
Kenneth J. Williams Jr,
Forbes.com,
18 Aug. 2025
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Another acquaintance confirmed rumors that the two, at least until recently, were living in a house in Bloomfield — a house that had McCrory for Senate signs in the front yard when featured on an internet real estate site.—
Edmund H. Mahony,
Hartford Courant,
17 Aug. 2025
Noun
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Republicans, who control both chambers, have already frozen more than a $1 billion in local spending, slashing the city’s budget.—
Jill Colvin,
Chicago Tribune,
14 Aug. 2025
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After 30 days, both chambers of Congress have to enact into law a joint resolution to extend the operation.—
Chantelle Lee,
Time,
14 Aug. 2025
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“Senate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senate. Accessed 20 Aug. 2025.
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