senators

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

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Recent Examples of senators Trump repeatedly leaned on Thune to kill the filibuster in order to pass it, and other senators wanted Thune to try to force Democrats to pull off a talking filibuster to block the bill. — semafor.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Suspicious letters spark nationwide FBI investigation as Dem senators targeted. — FOXNews.com, 16 Oct. 2026 Beyond surprise, a bipartisan group of senators is openly calling for the president to rescind the deal. — Cooper Katz McKim, NPR, 16 Oct. 2026 Many senators chanted Lula’s name after the vote, while Bolsonaro supporters quickly left the chamber. — Mauricio Savarese, Fortune, 15 Oct. 2026 Academic titleholders at Cornell -- including professors, senior lecturers, librarians, archivists and others -- are eligible to be senators, who serve three-year terms. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026 Our senators should take Nebraska’s interests to Washington, not simply bring Washington’s politics home to us. — Jesse E. Stanley, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026 Doctors in Tennessee and Republican state senators called for the state to pause executions, because the chances of one going catastrophically wrong were so high. — Maya Foa, Chicago Tribune, 8 Oct. 2026 Sand criticized the Republican House members and senators representing Iowa in Washington for voting in support of SNAP cuts in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act in the first place. — Gabrielle M. Etzel, The Washington Examiner, 7 Oct. 2026
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legislators
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  • But why are legislators not trying to get re-elected by making good policy?
    — Scott Warren, Washington Post, 9 Oct. 2026
  • Some conservative legislators and advocacy groups have also been challenging the legitimacy of surrogacy, a few with plans to limit or even ban it.
    — Naomi Cahn, The Conversation, 9 Oct. 2026

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“Senators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senators. Accessed 18 Oct. 2026.

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