senate
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Without a vice-president, the senate president, Aboubakary Abdoulaye, is next in line to lead in the event of a power vacuum, until a presidential election can be organised.
From Barron's ● Aug. 20, 2026
Sarwar previously said he would not take a peerage, and both he and Andy Burnham have expressed support for replacing the Lords with a senate of the nations and regions.
From BBC ● Jul. 22, 2026
The senate said it will convene a work group to meet over the next year to look at the issue.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026
Justice’s senate office did not respond to questions.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2026
“I hate senate meetings. When Octavian gets talking...”
From "The Son of Neptune" by Rick Riordan
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
The animosity has spread to the 50 statehouses and the 7,382 people who serve in the houses and senates there.
From Salon ● Jun. 24, 2012
Would God that these, and these alone, held sway Within your senates, Canada, to-day!
From The Song of the Exile—A Canadian Epic by Wilfred S. Skeats
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Ancient Rome - Introductory
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