have a seat
Example Sentences
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"Wes doesn't have the numbers and Andy doesn't have a seat, for all this noise," one supporter of the prime minister told me.
From BBC • May 13, 2026
“Civil society doesn’t have a seat at the table,” said Manuel Cuesta Morúa, a longtime pro-democracy activist in Havana.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026
Today’s AI executives are fighting to make sure that their company will have a seat at the table.
From Salon • Mar. 23, 2026
Altman said the government was willing to give OpenAI influence over how its technology was deployed, and that he wanted his company to have a seat at the table in shaping future decisions.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 3, 2026
I drop them in front of her and have a seat on the bed.
From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na
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