Thesaurus results for SENATOR

senator

noun

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as in congressman

a member of a senate or the U.S. Senate Republican senators a former senator Senator Inouye

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Recent Examples of senator Gallego, a member of the House prior to becoming a senator in 2024, chaired Swalwell’s 2020 presidential campaign. —

Ramsey Touchberry, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2026 Andrea Padilla, a senator and animal rights activist who helped draft a law against bullfights in Colombia, described the plan to cull the hippos as a cruel decision, and accused government officials of trying to take the easy way out. —

Manuel Rueda, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2026 Under the new bicameral structure, impeaching the president will be easier, with the Senate only needing 40 of the 60 senators to approve it. —

Arkansas Online, 13 Apr. 2026 The pilots’ home-state senators, from Illinois and New Jersey, sent a joint letter to the State Department in February pressing for action and further information. —

Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 13 Apr. 2026 See All Example Sentences for senator

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When Swalwell succumbed to the growing political pressure to bow out of the race, and eventually resigned from Congress, Gallego did an about-face on his support for the California congressman.

— Claire Carter, The Washington Examiner, 14 Apr. 2026
About two dozen people showed up at the community event center in Melvindale to hear from the congressman.

— Veronica Ortega, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026