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 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 So to give the Senate itself more power to pass popular bills, the pair will need to find 67 senators willing to dilute their own individual power — at least just a little bit. — Burgess Everett, semafor.com, 8 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 Here’s what the bill would do, why some senators are backing it, and why others aren’t. — Chantelle Lee, Time, 7 Oct. 2026 So far, about 40 senators have supported a resolution to hold a vote of no confidence, Ortiz said. — Gloria Pazmino, CNN Money, 7 Oct. 2026 New House members were about 50 years old and new senators around 55 in 2025. — Nancy Forster-Holt, The Conversation, 6 Oct. 2026 The announcement follows the ouster or forced retirement of more than two dozen military leaders; some senators warn the cuts amount to a purge that could take years to reverse. — Konstantin Toropin, Los Angeles Times, 30 Sep. 2026
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legislators
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  • Eventually, Nevada legislators passed an emergency statute banning any device that helped a gambler.
    — Kit Chellel, Fortune, 5 Oct. 2026
  • The organization’s goal is to get at least 50% of state legislators to submit public comments criticizing the changes, Bermúdez Zimmerman said.
    — Maia Nehme, Hartford Courant, 4 Oct. 2026

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“Senators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senators. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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