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plenary

[plee-nuh-ree, plen-uh-] / ˈpli nə ri, ˈplɛn ə- /


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The committee's findings will be forwarded to the House plenary for a vote, where the approval of one-third of its members is needed to forward the Articles of Impeachment to the Senate for trial.

From BBC • Mar. 24, 2026

Diplomats huddled as the suspension dragged on for more than an hour before the plenary finally resumed.

From Barron's • Nov. 22, 2025

These were heartily applauded in the plenary halls – but their legal standing is uncertain.

From BBC • Nov. 22, 2025

However, there is one area in which the president does have absolute plenary authority: The power of the pardon.

From Salon • Nov. 16, 2025

But those short moments had made it all worthwhile, those moments of pure plenary abandon, when he felt as if he, and he alone, were in control of the universe of his childhood.

From "Half of a Yellow Sun" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie




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