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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 While the senator comes to the position after more than a dozen years in Congress, and with the management experience of running an expanding family plumbing business in Oklahoma, he has not been seen as a key force in immigration issues. —

Rebecca Santana, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2026 In making his pitch, Rubio said, Rivera opened his computer and showed the GOP senator an online bank account with JP Morgan Chase containing a substantial amount of money that Rivera said Gorrín would use to support the opposition in Venezuela. —

Miami Herald, 24 Mar. 2026 Senate President Ty Masterson, an Andover Republican who’s running for governor, and seven other GOP senators voted against the legislation. —

Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 24 Mar. 2026 Last week, a bipartisan group of senators and House representatives introduced a bill that would prevent traders from betting on government actions, war, and events where an individual knows or can control the outcome. —

Aimee Picchi, CBS News, 24 Mar. 2026 See All Example Sentences for senator

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Pulte had referred Swalwell to the Department of Justice over claims that the congressman may have made false or misleading statements in loan documents for a Washington home.

— Luke Fountain, CNBC, 23 Mar. 2026
According to the indictment, Rivera also collaborated with Gorrín to arrange a meeting between Sessions, the Texas Republican congressman, and Maduro in Caracas.

— Jay Weaver, Miami Herald, 23 Mar. 2026