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
State senators voted overwhelmingly Wednesday night for a controversial bill seeking oversight of artificial intelligence, but Gov. Ned Lamont remains steadfast in avoiding slowing down one of the world’s developing industries.
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 15 May 2025
Several Democratic senators are questioning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over President Trump’s acceptance of a jet from Qatar, stressing in a letter the national security risks and counterintelligence concerns inherent in such a transaction.
—Sophia Vento, The Hill, 15 May 2025
Named after Frank Wolf, the Republican senator who pushed for it, it was inserted as an amendment into the 2011 federal budget and bars bilateral cooperation between NASA (and the scientists the agency funds) and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and Chinese scientists.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 May 2025
More from this past week • Kit Bond, the Missouri governor and U.S. senator, who changed the face of Kansas City, has died at age 86.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
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Christopher Keating, Hartford Courant, 15 May 2025
Several Democratic senators are questioning Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth over President Trump’s acceptance of a jet from Qatar, stressing in a letter the national security risks and counterintelligence concerns inherent in such a transaction.
—Sophia Vento, The Hill, 15 May 2025
Named after Frank Wolf, the Republican senator who pushed for it, it was inserted as an amendment into the 2011 federal budget and bars bilateral cooperation between NASA (and the scientists the agency funds) and the China National Space Administration (CNSA) and Chinese scientists.
—Keith Cooper, Space.com, 14 May 2025
More from this past week • Kit Bond, the Missouri governor and U.S. senator, who changed the face of Kansas City, has died at age 86.
—Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 14 May 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senator
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Curtis, who has a background in computer programming, claimed in a documentary that a Florida congressman asked him to create vote-rigging software.—
Nicole Nixon,
Sacbee.com,
16 May 2025
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Earlier in May, eight Republican congressmen wrote to Johnson warning about the repercussions for their constituents should any bill reduce access to one of the nation's most popular government programs.—
Hugh Cameron,
MSNBC Newsweek,
15 May 2025
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This process notably allows federal legislators to bypass a filibuster and requires only a simple majority to repeal federal rules rather than the typical 60 votes.—
Tony Briscoe,
Los Angeles Times,
22 May 2025
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Some of the new regulations require companies issuing stablecoins to hold a reserve of assets to back the cryptocurrency, a provision that some legislators reportedly argued would protect consumers and prevent the stablecoin from crashing amid a broader selloff.—
Ty Roush,
Forbes.com,
21 May 2025
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“Senator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senator. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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