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as in headquarters
a place from which authority is exercised
all applications had to be submitted at the county seat for proper processing
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as in bum
the part of the body upon which someone sits
fell down on his well-padded seat
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as in center
a thing or place that is of greatest importance to an activity or interest
a capital that is the seat of culture for the whole nation
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as in to induct
to put into an office or welcome into an organization with special ceremonies
one of the first appointments that he made after being seated as president of the state senate
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Recent Examples of seat
Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
5 July 2026
Playhouse on Park often has to scale down large musicals for its 160-seat theater, but in this case the close-up party atmosphere feels like an expansion.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2026
Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
3 July 2026
My buddy Lisa was seated up front, her phone secure in her jacket.
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Betsy Andrews,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 July 2026
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Noun
When the storm let up and police allowed attendees back to their seats, cheers erupted.
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Karissa Waddick,
USA Today,
5 July 2026
Playhouse on Park often has to scale down large musicals for its 160-seat theater, but in this case the close-up party atmosphere feels like an expansion.
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Christopher Arnott,
Hartford Courant,
5 July 2026
Verb
Held outdoors at night, the festival welcomes 3,000 spectators seated on deckchairs across the Louvre’s Cour Carrée.
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Elsa Keslassy,
Variety,
3 July 2026
My buddy Lisa was seated up front, her phone secure in her jacket.
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Betsy Andrews,
Condé Nast Traveler,
2 July 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for seat
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Sometimes there is a fine line between being a hero or a bum, but Dave has been able to negotiate that line, because players trust him, and the players know that Dave cares about them and their families.
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Designed with a plunging neckline, modest bum coverage, and compressive fabric with UPF 50 sun protection, the elegant silhouette offers rich-girl vacation energy that could easily double as a bodysuit with shorts.
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Neto bobbled the ball for an error, though, and Contreras crushed Johnson’s next pitch for his 20th homer, a 446-foot shot to left-center that left his bat at 112 mph and gave Boston a 5-3 lead.
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The incident happened less than a week after another child was found dead inside a car at a Plantation early learning center last Monday.
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He’s been known to blow up legislation, make surprise nominations, rage-post about sitting Republican lawmakers and retaliate by endorsing their primary opponents.
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Nearly a year ago, CBS Colorado reported on the home, which had sat vacant for more than six years while falling into severe disrepair.
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In June 2026, Austin cheered his sister on from the audience while she was inducted to the Songwriters Hall of Fame.
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The group helped define hip-hop’s golden age, became the first rap act inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame and remains one of the genre’s most influential pioneers.
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The life-size robotic elephants in Prasanth Prakashan's backyard workshop have ears that flap, tails that swish and trunks that squirt water.
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Some common options for hanging pots include succulents like burro's tail or string of pearls, trailing lantana, and trailing verbena.
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Shenzhen already has a reputation as one of China's major technology hubs.
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Deep Light is, of course, not the only hub for cinematographers and aspiring cinematographers online.
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Art as cult fodder, marginalia, obscurantism—Duchamp inaugurated all of this.
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The Vatican Museums last week inaugurated a major restoration of Raphael’s Loggia, an epic fresco cycle decorating a 213-foot-long corridor in the Apostolic Palace, where the pope lives.
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Ironically, though, her flushed and rosy cheeks were created with two shades of the Beauty Pie Supercheek Cream Blush — one of which was in her iconic color palette, while the other was actually — gasp!
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His cheeks and hands were flushed pink with blood beneath the skin.
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“Seat.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seat. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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