as in senate
the building in which a state legislature meets
the legislators were called to the capitol for an emergency session
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Recent Examples of capitol
During modern times, the Texas State Historic Site has served as prime picnic grounds that accommodated the Star of the Republic Museum, an ample visitors center, a replica of the Republic of Texas capitol building, and broad meadows fringed with forest where the original townsite stood.
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Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
Showing up outside Colorado's capitol, calling for an end to the regime of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
The building occupied a block near the state capitol, on a plot of land where Nashville’s old central jail had stood for thirty-five years.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Jackson is just the second Black man to lie in state at the South Carolina capitol.
—ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
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Ana Gutierrez, Austin American Statesman, 5 Mar. 2026
Showing up outside Colorado's capitol, calling for an end to the regime of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
—Alan Gionet, CBS News, 3 Mar. 2026
The building occupied a block near the state capitol, on a plot of land where Nashville’s old central jail had stood for thirty-five years.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
Jackson is just the second Black man to lie in state at the South Carolina capitol.
—ABC News, 2 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for capitol
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According to an electoral profile of the former soldier, who is running as a Green Party candidate for a North Carolina senate seat, McGinnis served with the Marines from 2000 to 2004.—
Jeanine Santucci,
USA Today,
5 Mar. 2026
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The refusal to engage with the media contrasts Davis’ predecessors and contributes to a sharp decline in transparency at the Forty Acres, which also lost its faculty senate, a long-standing public forum that allowed faculty to question the president directly.—
Lily Kepner,
Austin American Statesman,
25 Feb. 2026
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The deadlines to file to run for state Senate or Assembly have come and gone, and while the field of contenders vying to represent Orange County communities in the statehouse isn’t quite set in stone, voters are beginning to get a look at who may be on the ballot.—
Kaitlyn Schallhorn,
Oc Register,
16 Mar. 2026
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My reporting as the Missouri Politics Insider is going to be a bit different than traditional statehouse coverage.—
Jack Harvel,
Kansas City Star,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Capitol.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/capitol. Accessed 19 Mar. 2026.
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