senator

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 Warner, the Virginia senator, said the impact on his state’s workforce — or even permanent firings — does not change Democrats’ strategy. Nick Lichtenberg, Fortune, 1 Oct. 2025 In a speech on the subject on the Senate floor in August, the senator was flanked by a placard with images of hemp products in packages mimicking snacks such as Doritos and Oreos. Lucas Aulbach, Louisville Courier Journal, 1 Oct. 2025 During Wednesday's vote on whether to advance a seven-week stopgap funding bill, a large bipartisan huddle of senators gathered. Allison Pecorin, ABC News, 1 Oct. 2025 Photograph by Greta Rybus The same could be said of Graham Platner, an oyster farmer from Maine who’s running in the Democratic primary to challenge Susan Collins, the state’s five-term Republican senator. Erin Neil, New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for senator
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Noun
  • Joe Garcia, a former Democratic congressman from Florida, worked as an intermediary between Havana and Washington under the Obama and Biden Administrations.
    Jon Lee Anderson, New Yorker, 29 Sep. 2025
  • The congressman is leading an effort to force a House vote on releasing federal files related to Jeffrey Epstein.
    Hannah Pinski, Louisville Courier Journal, 25 Sep. 2025
Noun
  • Novi Mayor Justin Fischer, among other mayors, state legislators and CEOs.
    Carol Cain, Freep.com, 4 Oct. 2025
  • In Texas, legislators had always seemed to be enacting new regulations aimed at making the clinic’s work more difficult.
    Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 3 Oct. 2025

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