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as in parliament
the highest lawmaking body of a political unit
the national emergency required a special session of congress
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as in meeting
a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose
following World War I a great congress of world leaders took place in Paris to plan the postwar world
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as in organization
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
the Canada Trades and Labor Congress
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as in sex
sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis
laws that once prohibited congress between people of different races
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Recent Examples of congress
That power can be vested in a congress or parliament.
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
His twin brother, Scott, also wanted to be student congress president at their suburban New Jersey high school.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 3 Aug. 2024
Marine Le Pen and her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, listen to a speech during the 15th congress of the far-right National Front in Lyon, France, in 2014.Jeff Pachoud / AFP via Getty Images file
Who are the major players in the election?
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 29 June 2024
All 128 seats in the Senate and all 500 in the lower house, local congresses in 31 states, nine state governorships, and the mayoralty of Mexico City will also be on the ballot.
—Denise Dresser, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2024
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Ian Millhiser, Vox, 7 Dec. 2018
His twin brother, Scott, also wanted to be student congress president at their suburban New Jersey high school.
—Stacey Barchenger, The Arizona Republic, 3 Aug. 2024
Marine Le Pen and her father, Jean-Marie Le Pen, listen to a speech during the 15th congress of the far-right National Front in Lyon, France, in 2014.Jeff Pachoud / AFP via Getty Images file
Who are the major players in the election?
—Daniel Arkin, NBC News, 29 June 2024
All 128 seats in the Senate and all 500 in the lower house, local congresses in 31 states, nine state governorships, and the mayoralty of Mexico City will also be on the ballot.
—Denise Dresser, Foreign Affairs, 17 May 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congress
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While the monarch in the UK does dissolve parliament ahead of the general election, it is only done at the request of the prime minister and the monarch’s power is, in effect, nothing more than a rubber stamp.David Gilbert, WIRED, 3 Jan. 2025
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Elections in June for the parliament of the 27-nation European Union saw conservative populists and the far right rock ruling parties in France and Germany, the EU’s biggest and most powerful members.Jill Lawless, Los Angeles Times, 30 Dec. 2024
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What's next: Another E3-Iran meeting is scheduled for Jan. 13.Barak Ravid, Axios, 6 Jan. 2025
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Concerns over fan safety meant that two meetings of the city’s Safety Advisory Group were held on Sunday morning to determine whether the game should go ahead.Andy Jones, The Athletic, 6 Jan. 2025
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The Critics Choice Awards—slated for Sunday—were postponed due to the fires, the organization told Variety.Antonio Pequeño IV, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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The Kings faced additional scrutiny when team owner Vivek Ranadive, general manager Monte McNair and assistant general manager Wes Wilcox refused to address the move publicly, leaving players to answer for the organization’s decision.Jason Anderson, Sacramento Bee, 11 Jan. 2025
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If anything, she’s gained a greater wisdom about the power games played by both the opposite and the same sexes.Tom Gliatto, People.com, 24 Dec. 2024
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Using a combination of direct observations, photos, and videos the team documented California ground squirrels of all ages and sexes hunting, eating, and competing over vole prey between June 10 and July 30, 2024.Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 18 Dec. 2024
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Similar proposals are under consideration in the legislatures of California, Maryland and Massachusetts.William Baldwin, Forbes, 11 Jan. 2025
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Advertisement The session was the legislature’s 13th attempt to elect a successor to Michel Aoun, whose term ended in October 2022.Sally Abou Aljoud and Abby Sewell, Los Angeles Times, 9 Jan. 2025
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The wildly successful chipmaker unveiled a tiny desktop device called Project DIGITS at this year’s convention that’s potent enough for the complex operations required to run and train AI models.Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 10 Jan. 2025
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Candidate debates and convention speeches were the primary interlopers.Alex Sherman, CNBC, 9 Jan. 2025
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The institute can operate only in areas under Ukrainian control; KIIS does not survey refugees abroad or those in occupied territories.Anton Grushetskyi, Foreign Affairs, 30 Dec. 2024
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These institutes have independent hiring authority and significant state funding.Michael Poliakoff, National Review, 29 Dec. 2024
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American society and our relations with other societies are driven by the competition/conflict choice.Letters to the Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 4 Jan. 2025
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The concerns over trade relations stem from a history of tariffs, sanctions, and disputes that have strained the ties between the world's two largest economies.Dan Perry, Newsweek, 3 Jan. 2025
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“Congress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congress. Accessed 19 Jan. 2025.
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