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This task, and the stop work order itself, came down from Syracuse’s senate, where faculty input was not solicited.
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Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
The conservative pipeline also includes Tim Neville, a Regis graduate who served in Colorado’s senate from 2011 to 2019 as a hard-line conservative known for his stances on social issues, education, and gun legislation.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
In the state senate, Sen. Scott Wiener and Sen. Renée Pérez have also introduced two companion bills — SB 627, the No Secret Police Act, and SB 805, the No Vigilantes Act — that aim to achieve the same effect.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Indiana and Utah have also passed laws limiting the powers of faculty senates, and the University of Kentucky did so on its own initiative, disbanding its university senate and thereby stripping faculty of decision-making power over academic matters.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 6 Oct. 2025
The conservative pipeline also includes Tim Neville, a Regis graduate who served in Colorado’s senate from 2011 to 2019 as a hard-line conservative known for his stances on social issues, education, and gun legislation.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 3 Oct. 2025
In the state senate, Sen. Scott Wiener and Sen. Renée Pérez have also introduced two companion bills — SB 627, the No Secret Police Act, and SB 805, the No Vigilantes Act — that aim to achieve the same effect.
—Devan Patel, Mercury News, 10 Sep. 2025
Indiana and Utah have also passed laws limiting the powers of faculty senates, and the University of Kentucky did so on its own initiative, disbanding its university senate and thereby stripping faculty of decision-making power over academic matters.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senate
Noun
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How to prepare before strong winds approach Trim tree branches away from your house and power lines.—
CA Weather Bot,
Sacbee.com,
12 Nov. 2025
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Namely, going after the drug traffickers themselves by raiding Mexican cartel trap houses and robbing their mules, using equipment borrowed from their parents including night-vision goggles and beanbag shotguns.—
Frank Scheck,
HollywoodReporter,
11 Nov. 2025
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Macron additionally outlined a plan to move the Mona Lisa to its own underground chamber, which museumgoers would pay a separate fee to visit.—
News Desk,
Artforum,
7 Nov. 2025
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Directed by Tiago Rosa-Rosso, the film stages a gently absurd domestic scenario that drifts between comedy and unease, unfoldig like a theatrical chamber piece where logic slips and all is up for questioning.—
Callum McLennan,
Variety,
7 Nov. 2025
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“Senate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senate. Accessed 12 Nov. 2025.
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