1
as in parliament
the highest lawmaking body of a political unit
the national emergency required a special session of congress
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2
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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3
as in organization
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest
the Canada Trades and Labor Congress
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4
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
Most recently, Republicans began the 106th and 107th congresses with 222 or fewer seats around the turn of the millennium.
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Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
Le Pen began laying the groundwork for his succession at a party congress in 2003, naming Marine — the youngest of his three daughters — to the post of vice president.
—Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The 2034 World Cup was officially awarded to Saudi Arabia, FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced Wednesday after a virtual congress.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
The hosts of the tournament will be confirmed at a FIFA congress on 11 December and the Saudi bid is uncontested so far.
—Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
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Geoffrey Skelley, ABC News, 9 Jan. 2025
Le Pen began laying the groundwork for his succession at a party congress in 2003, naming Marine — the youngest of his three daughters — to the post of vice president.
—Thomas Adamson, Los Angeles Times, 7 Jan. 2025
The 2034 World Cup was officially awarded to Saudi Arabia, FIFA President Gianni Infantino announced Wednesday after a virtual congress.
—Greg Rosenstein, NBC News, 11 Dec. 2024
The hosts of the tournament will be confirmed at a FIFA congress on 11 December and the Saudi bid is uncontested so far.
—Mario Cortegana, The Athletic, 11 Aug. 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for congress
Noun
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This course has the approval of the entire parliament: parties left, right, and center.—
Jay Nordlinger,
National Review,
21 Apr. 2025
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Lebanon's political system is based on sect, mandating that the president be a Maronite Christian, the prime minister a Sunni Muslim and the speaker of parliament a Shiite Muslim.—
Josh Hammer,
MSNBC Newsweek,
21 Apr. 2025
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Daily pre-shift meetings are standard at D.C. Cobb’s, where staff are trained on which items to promote based on margins and inventory.—
Xandra Harbet,
USA Today,
25 Apr. 2025
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Los Blancos head into the meeting as the second-place team in the Spanish top-flight standings with 69 points (21-6-5) in 32 matches.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Apr. 2025
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Reality Check is a Bee series holding officials and organizations accountable and shining a light on their decisions.—
Kate Wolffe,
Sacbee.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Endowments are managed in a way that those organizations can rely on them for support in the here-and-now, but also far into the foreseeable future.—
Thomas G. Moukawsher,
MSNBC Newsweek,
17 Apr. 2025
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The advisories largely come in response to the executive order requiring the federal government to recognize only two sexes, and in a number of cases advise speaking to the U.S. embassy.—
David Faris,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Apr. 2025
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If so, the effect would likely be apparent in both sexes.—
Claire Bugos,
Verywell Health,
10 Apr. 2025
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Delegitimizing the judiciary, the last constitutional brake when the legislature is co-opted and feckless?—
Garry Kasparov,
The Atlantic,
17 Apr. 2025
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Republican opposition within the state has fought aggressively against Mills, the Democrat majority in the legislature and educational bodies that have firmly stood in support of trans inclusion.—
Jackson Thompson,
FOXNews.com,
16 Apr. 2025
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For a generation of music-and-fashion obsessives, Williams, 52, is revered as the original hip-hop eccentric: highly expressive, unapologetically audacious, unafraid to flout menswear conventions, especially the hypermasculine tropes ascribed to rap music.—
Chioma Nnadi,
Vogue,
15 Apr. 2025
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And while in many categories a Super Bowl ad is no proof of the entrepreneurial, in January, Horwood and her team broke company and category conventions with a campaign to raise awareness and drive screenings for breast cancer.—
Seth Matlins,
Forbes.com,
14 Apr. 2025
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After pushback from the university — the institute’s projects included work to reduce health care disparities between rural and urban areas — the NIH restored its grant March 29.—
Rae Ellen Bichell and Rachana Pradhan,
Miami Herald,
20 Apr. 2025
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After pushback from the university — the institute's projects included work to reduce health care disparities between rural and urban areas — the NIH restored its grant March 29.—
Rae Ellen Bichell and Rachana Pradhan,
CBS News,
17 Apr. 2025
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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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Insiders describe relations between her and brother Santo as tense and combative.—
Mattia Dognini,
The Hollywood Reporter,
3 Jan. 2025
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“Congress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/congress. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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