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senate

[sen-it] / ˈsɛn ɪt /






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Chemistry professor Brian Crane, who opposed the resolution, said he attended senate meetings on the topic and concluded that declaring “no-confidence” wouldn’t meaningfully address the problems facing Cornell—especially with Yates’ review just beginning.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2026

But she has been helped by controversy on the other side of the aisle involving Graham Platner, who was ultimately replaced as the Democratic nominee by Jackson, a former president of the Maine state senate.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

The senate plans to send its recommendation to regents by June.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026

The blonde executive assistant to the president was then mentioned by a Democratic senate hopeful, in comments that set the internet alight -- and incensed the White House.

From Barron's ● Aug. 19, 2026

Yitzchak became a politician, a member of the Israeli senate, the Knesset.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen

Since news of the deal broke, he said he has met with the system chancellors, provosts, program directors and faculty senates about the acquisition.

From Washington Post ● Mar. 31, 2023

But the school’s faculty and student senates each passed resolutions calling for a change and the university’s alumni board of directors supported reassessing the team name’s appropriateness.

From Seattle Times ● Aug. 10, 2021

State senates range in size from twenty members in Alaska to sixty-seven members in Minnesota.

From Textbooks ● Jul. 28, 2021

Voters are also choosing representatives in their local state senates - and in Delaware, Democratic candidate, Sarah McBride has made history as the country's first ever trans state senator.

From BBC ● Nov. 3, 2020

Others import yet nobler arts from France, Teach kings to fiddle, and make senates dance.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 58, Number 358, August 1845 by Various


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