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On Thursday, senators demanded to know why close calls between military helicopters and passenger planes went unchecked for so long at DCA.—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Mar. 2025 Pennsylvania is a rare state with a Republican and a Democratic senator, and this was going to be their first-ever joint event.—Ryan Deto, Axios, 28 Mar. 2025 Blagojevich had served eight years in prison after he was convicted of attempting to sell the Senate seat vacated by Barack Obama, after the first-term senator was elected president in 2008.—Dan Mangan, CNBC, 28 Mar. 2025 That year, foreign agents working for Venable sent the senator’s chief of staff multiple texts and emails attempting to organize a trip to Qatar, according to FARA records.—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for senator
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Etymology
Middle English senatour, from Anglo-French senatur, from Latin senator, from senatus
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