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But look for 2025 to also be a year when more state legislatures challenge the traditional role of faculty senates in university governance.
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Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Dennis Neary Dennis Neary, a former Democratic state senate minority leader, died in October at the age of 80.
—John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
Those chambers include Arizona and North Carolina’s state houses and senates, New Hampshire’s state house, and Georgia’s state house.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 11 Feb. 2025
The bill was submitted to the French senate by Senator Michel Savin with the right-wing Republican party.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025
Dennis Neary Dennis Neary, a former Democratic state senate minority leader, died in October at the age of 80.
—John Tuohy, The Indianapolis Star, 31 Dec. 2024
Those chambers include Arizona and North Carolina’s state houses and senates, New Hampshire’s state house, and Georgia’s state house.
—Julia Manchester, The Hill, 11 Feb. 2025
The bill was submitted to the French senate by Senator Michel Savin with the right-wing Republican party.
—Frey Lindsay, Forbes, 19 Feb. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for senate
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That’s because the residence in question is the International Space Station (ISS), a million-pound orbital outpost with a footprint larger than a football field and the habitable volume of a six-bedroom house, circling the Earth 250 miles overhead.—
Jeffrey Kluger,
Time,
6 June 2025
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Cameras with long lenses will be perched in the back of the house while others will be hidden in speakers and TV monitors so viewers can get up close and personal shots of the action.—
Lynette Rice,
Deadline,
6 June 2025
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Republicans want to pass the legislation by July 4, which would give them only four working weeks to approve it in the Senate, negotiate across chambers on any differences, squeeze it again through the House, and get it to Trump's desk.—
Riley Beggin,
USA Today,
3 June 2025
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The Lee’s Summit City Council is meeting on Tuesday, June 3 at 6:00 p.m. at the city council chambers in City Hall, located at 220 SE Green Street in Lee’s Summit.—
Ilana Arougheti,
Kansas City Star,
3 June 2025
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“Senate.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/senate. Accessed 11 Jun. 2025.
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