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 The Pentagon inspector general’s office declined a request from US senators to investigate restrictions recently imposed on the Ukraine military’s use of SpaceX’s satellite network. — Jon Brodkin, ArsTechnica, 29 Oct. 2026 All 435 seats in the House are on the ballot, and voters in 35 states will be electing senators, 36 states will be voting in governor's races and there are more than 150 ballot measures across 40 states. — CBS News, 28 Oct. 2026 News of the briefing leaked, and the senators lashed out at the FBI, saying their efforts to scrutinize the Biden family had been discredited and falsely linked to Russian disinformation. — Eric Tucker, Los Angeles Times, 27 Oct. 2026 House members, senators and presidents are chosen by different sets of voters and not all at the same time. — Dan Lipinski, Baltimore Sun, 27 Oct. 2026 Some senators fled while others braced themselves inside the Senate chamber as Officer Eugene Goodman tried to reason with the mob, and Senate staffers barricaded themselves in offices, hiding. — Literary Hub, 26 Oct. 2026 The National Assembly shut down after the last senators’ terms expired in 2023. — Widlore Mérancourt, Washington Post, 26 Oct. 2026 He was allegedly heard about reports of other letters with suspicious substances being sent to senators and secretaries of state around the country, the court documents said. — ABC News, 26 Oct. 2026 Casey Means was nominated for surgeon general, but that nomination was pulled after senators expressed concern with her lack of medical experience. — Chelsea Cirruzzo, STAT, 22 Oct. 2026
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legislators
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  • Finally, the companion chatbot bills in front of state legislatures are an opportunity for legislators to encourage greater access for independent third parties to conduct evaluations related to social isolation.
    — Ned Cooper, STAT, 26 Oct. 2026
  • The governor and legislators should do their jobs and update our volatile state tax system.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 26 Oct. 2026

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“Senators.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senators. Accessed 2 Nov. 2026.

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