have a seat

idiom

: to sit down

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What to watch: Sheehy will also have a seat on the Commerce committee, which was at the center of the debate over what to do about TikTok. Stef W. Kight, Axios, 8 Jan. 2025 Liverpool will have a seat on the board, and will be influential on how Nordstrom evolves. David Moin, WWD, 24 Dec. 2024 As part of the deal with Blavatnik’s DAZN, News Corp. will own around 6% of DAZN and have a seat on the board, while shareholder loans of A$578 million owed to News Corp. will be repaid in cash. Jonathan Burgos, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024 His pick for Interior secretary, North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, will chair the council and also have a seat on the National Security Council. Spencer Kimball, CNBC, 10 Dec. 2024 The Tigers had to beat South Carolina in order to have a seat at the table for an at-large bid and Swinney spoke at his postgame news conference like a coach ready to accept reality: His team had squandered its chance and would start to look ahead to next year. Manny Navarro, The Athletic, 1 Dec. 2024 But there are Democrats also openly favoring certain moves by the former and future president as the party looks to have a seat at the table in a Congress with Republican majorities in both chambers but a razor-thin red margin in the House of Representatives. Sudiksha Kochi, USA TODAY, 8 Dec. 2024 By the time the crew realized Dali did not have a seat, the plane was on its way to France. Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 5 Dec. 2024 The Native American Land Conservancy will ensure the many Indigenous groups on whose ancestral land Joshua trees grow will have a seat at the table, said Elizabeth Paige, education and stewardship program manager of the nonprofit and a member of the Torres Martinez Band of Desert Cahuilla Indians. Alex Wigglesworth, Los Angeles Times, 28 Nov. 2024

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“Have a seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/have%20a%20seat. Accessed 17 Jan. 2025.

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