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as in headquarters
a place from which authority is exercised
all applications had to be submitted at the county seat for proper processing
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as in bums
the part of the body upon which someone sits
fell down on his well-padded seat
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as in capitals
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
a capital that is the seat of culture for the whole nation
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as in inducts
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
one of the first appointments that he made after being seated as president of the state senate
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Recent Examples of seats
David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
The Indianapolis restaurant, which seats about 300 people and has private dining rooms for meetings, operates seven days a week.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
The Eagles had an insurance policy with Factory Mutual for Lincoln Financial Field, which seats about 67,000 plus features a standing room section.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Dec. 2024
The drama continues inside with red accents on the steering wheel, seatbelts, and seats themselves, along with carbon-fibre Recaro bucket seats.
—Peter Lyon, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Balcony seats $50 for members, $60 nonmembers; house seats $55 members, $65 nonmembers.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct. 2024
Verb
Nissan's Zero Gravity seats up front make the area a pleasant place to spend a day.
—David Faris, Newsweek, 27 Dec. 2024
The Indianapolis restaurant, which seats about 300 people and has private dining rooms for meetings, operates seven days a week.
—Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 16 Dec. 2024
The Eagles had an insurance policy with Factory Mutual for Lincoln Financial Field, which seats about 67,000 plus features a standing room section.
—Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 15 Dec. 2024
The drama continues inside with red accents on the steering wheel, seatbelts, and seats themselves, along with carbon-fibre Recaro bucket seats.
—Peter Lyon, Forbes, 15 Dec. 2024
Balcony seats $50 for members, $60 nonmembers; house seats $55 members, $65 nonmembers.
—Domenica Bongiovanni, The Indianapolis Star, 4 Oct. 2024
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seats
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In 2010, Dunbar High School was educating more than 1,500 students, but its current enrollment sits at 324 students.—
Ike Muzikowski,
Chicago Tribune,
6 Jan. 2025
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Accessible by ferry from Port Aransas, which sits just across the shipping channel, this 21-mile-long island offers nothing more than pristine Gulf Coast wilderness, and keen-eyed travelers often stumble upon sand dollars, lightning whelks, angel wings, and conchs.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
6 Jan. 2025
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An older woman, a friend of my mother’s (my mother was also a teacher at the school), walked over and pinched my cheeks, first one and then the other, as an adult might do to an infant.—
Yiyun Li,
The New Yorker,
23 Mar. 2025
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With her hands clasped to the sides of her face, the well-to-do woman is said to have demonstrated her request by lifting the corners of her mouth and cheeks.—
Leah Dolan,
CNN,
22 Mar. 2025
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Ultimately, these spaces were gathering hubs, fit for families and guests to entertain and socialize, though often only reserved for adults.—
Shivani Vyas,
Better Homes & Gardens,
22 Mar. 2025
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The ministry is also revitalizing cultural centers across Indonesian provinces to serve as creative hubs for the film industry, alongside other cultural initiatives.—
Naman Ramachandran,
Variety,
21 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Then replay arrived in 2014 — and by 2019, there was only one ejection, over a call on the bases, all season.—
Jayson Stark,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
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Athletics The Athletics are led by DH Brent Rooker, who hit 39 homers and stole 11 bases last year, and right fielder Lawrence Butler, an emerging star who added 22 homers and 18 steals.—
Jim Bowden,
The Athletic,
24 Mar. 2025
Noun
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Gaza has a great place in our hearts.—
Ruwaida Amer,
ABC News,
28 Jan. 2025
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Milk Makeup’s Cooling Water Jelly Tints were quick to rack up 60,000 shoppers on its wait-list, 160,000 hearts on Sephora’s Loves list and sold 400,000 units during that period — nearly $10 million at the product’s $24 price point.—
James Manso,
WWD,
28 Jan. 2025
Noun
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This explosion tears apart atoms, sending atomic nuclei hurtling through space with extreme energy.—
Maria Bolevich,
Interesting Engineering,
22 Mar. 2025
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The Metabolic Nucleus Nearly all the different cell types in your body — liver cells, heart cells, skin cells, beta cells, and so on — contain the same genome in their nuclei.—
Viviane Callier,
Quanta Magazine,
21 Mar. 2025
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These stellar remnants are created when stars with masses similar to that of the sun exhaust their fuel for nuclear fusion, the process that converts hydrogen to helium in their cores.—
Robert Lea,
Space.com,
23 Dec. 2024
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Microscopic analysis of the sediment cores will also help the team analyze the way the eruption affected marine creatures and the chemistry of the seafloor.—
Ashley Balzer Vigil,
Ars Technica,
21 Dec. 2024
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“Seats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seats. Accessed 22 Apr. 2025.
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