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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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2
as in bums
the part of the body upon which someone sits
fell down on his well-padded seat
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as in capitals
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 inducts
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 seats
Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2025
Unlike the closed-coupe Chiron, which cocoons you from its inner workings, the Mistral delivers a raw mechanical sound bath, tempered only by a pop-in wind deflector (fixed in examples for North America)—just aft of the seats—that reduces cabin turbulence and shields air-flow.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2025
Leavitt said Americans would hold six of the seven TikTok board seats.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
The party in power at the White House typically loses congressional seats during campaign years when there's no presidential race, leaving Trump fighting an uphill battle to protect his congressional majorities and secure more second-term wins.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
In the expensive April 2024 proxy fight, Nelson Peltz and his Trian Fund Management, who were backed themselves by former Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter, were attempting another bid to win seats on Disney’s board.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
That those aren’t your seats below.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
On Wednesday, New York mayoral favorite Zohran Mamdani launched a public petition, calling on FIFA to make tickets to 2026 World Cup games—including the final in New Jersey—affordable, pushing the international soccer organization to set aside 15% of seats for locals in particular.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Eleven candidates — seven of them newcomers — are vying for eight available seats on the La Jolla Village Merchants Association board in its annual election.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Cubs designated hitter Moisés Ballesteros ripped his first career home run right at Rizzo, who stepped up on top of the bleacher seats to make a play.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
On the ground floor, a horseshoe bar with marble countertops and bronze chairs seats 20 patrons.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
American will offer this route on a CRJ-900 aircraft, which seats more than 70 passengers.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 12 Sep. 2025
The stadium, which seats more than 2,700 people, erupted in cheers.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
There are 39 national board seats up for election this year, along with all local officer, local board, and convention delegate positions.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
The restaurant is led by the six-Michelin starred Argentinian chef Paulo Airaudo and seats 18 guests.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Nearby is a dining table that seats two.
—New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
Noun
Proposition 50 is a ballot measure that would approve a new congressional map passed by the state legislature and possibly give Democrats five additional House seats.
—Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 21 Sep. 2025
Unlike the closed-coupe Chiron, which cocoons you from its inner workings, the Mistral delivers a raw mechanical sound bath, tempered only by a pop-in wind deflector (fixed in examples for North America)—just aft of the seats—that reduces cabin turbulence and shields air-flow.
—Basem Wasef, Robb Report, 20 Sep. 2025
Leavitt said Americans would hold six of the seven TikTok board seats.
—Auzinea Bacon, CNN Money, 20 Sep. 2025
The party in power at the White House typically loses congressional seats during campaign years when there's no presidential race, leaving Trump fighting an uphill battle to protect his congressional majorities and secure more second-term wins.
—Zac Anderson, USA Today, 20 Sep. 2025
In the expensive April 2024 proxy fight, Nelson Peltz and his Trian Fund Management, who were backed themselves by former Marvel CEO Ike Perlmutter, were attempting another bid to win seats on Disney’s board.
—Dominic Patten, Deadline, 19 Sep. 2025
That those aren’t your seats below.
—Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
On Wednesday, New York mayoral favorite Zohran Mamdani launched a public petition, calling on FIFA to make tickets to 2026 World Cup games—including the final in New Jersey—affordable, pushing the international soccer organization to set aside 15% of seats for locals in particular.
—Jacob Feldman, Sportico.com, 13 Sep. 2025
Eleven candidates — seven of them newcomers — are vying for eight available seats on the La Jolla Village Merchants Association board in its annual election.
—Ashley MacKin Solomon, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Sep. 2025
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Just days into his Senate campaign, James Talarico is making his Christian faith a centerpiece of what will be an uphill battle to strip one of Texas’s Senate seats out of the hands of Republicans.
—Lauren Green, The Washington Examiner, 13 Sep. 2025
Cubs designated hitter Moisés Ballesteros ripped his first career home run right at Rizzo, who stepped up on top of the bleacher seats to make a play.
—Ryan Canfield, FOXNews.com, 13 Sep. 2025
On the ground floor, a horseshoe bar with marble countertops and bronze chairs seats 20 patrons.
—Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 12 Sep. 2025
American will offer this route on a CRJ-900 aircraft, which seats more than 70 passengers.
—Chase Jordan, Charlotte Observer, 12 Sep. 2025
The stadium, which seats more than 2,700 people, erupted in cheers.
—Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Sep. 2025
There are 39 national board seats up for election this year, along with all local officer, local board, and convention delegate positions.
—Katie Campione, Deadline, 4 Sep. 2025
The restaurant is led by the six-Michelin starred Argentinian chef Paulo Airaudo and seats 18 guests.
—Andrea Onate, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2025
Nearby is a dining table that seats two.
—New Atlas, 3 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for seats
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With both travel and programming budgets under pressure, all markets have to make a strong case to get buyer and seller bums on seats (or, more accurately, into screening booths and meeting rooms).—
Stewart Clarke,
Deadline,
28 Aug. 2025
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Ndiaye aside, Everton have long lacked bums-off-seats kinds of players.—
Patrick Boyland,
New York Times,
15 Aug. 2025
Noun
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The special interests in state capitals fight ferociously against property tax relief.—
Stephen Moore,
Boston Herald,
19 Sep. 2025
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The sport was invented in the 1920s in Laguna Beach, but Delaware has become one of skimming’s unofficial capitals on the East Coast.—
Nicholas DeRenzo,
AFAR Media,
16 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The company’s market cap sits at about $63 billion.—
Ashley Capoot,
CNBC,
17 Sep. 2025
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Identity sits at the heart of digital trust.—
Tony Bradley,
Forbes.com,
17 Sep. 2025
Noun
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And best of all is the way its cocktail of growth factors, peptides, collagen amino acids, and wild yam extract comes together to bring baby cheeks–levels of plumpness to your skin.—
Sophia Panych,
Allure,
16 Sep. 2025
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Her glam consisted of loose waves, subtle smoky eyeshadow and peachy tones on her cheeks and lips.—
Laney Crawley,
PEOPLE,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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As enterprises pour capital into AI infrastructure, chips and data centers, cash flow is being squeezed.—
John Walsh III,
Forbes.com,
19 Sep. 2025
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Jim is alluding to the fact that Intel’s CPUs have a big presence in enterprise data centers, a different market than the data centers operated by cloud-computing providers.—
Paulina Likos,
CNBC,
19 Sep. 2025
Verb
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The perception of being the default choice is built in the mind well before someone installs or signs up.—
Bowen Liu,
Forbes.com,
15 Sep. 2025
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Instead, the command silently downloads Shamos, bypasses macOS Gatekeeper protections, and installs the malware.—
Kurt Knutsson,
FOXNews.com,
12 Sep. 2025
Noun
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There are peacocks everywhere on this island, hundreds of them, maybe thousands, towing their long blue and green tails behind them.—
Sara Stridsberg
September 15,
Literary Hub,
15 Sep. 2025
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Comets are among the most captivating wanderers of the solar system — icy relics from its earliest days that blaze across the sky with glowing tails and mysterious origins.—
Kenna Hughes-Castleberry,
Space.com,
15 Sep. 2025
Noun
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But despite limitations on the number of flights United could fly at one of its key hubs, the airline was able to offer passengers more seats in and out of Newark than in the past by using larger aircrafts.—
Aaron Cooper,
CNN Money,
16 Sep. 2025
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China has developed regional hubs in Shanghai, Beijing, Chengdu, Xi’an, Guangzhou, Jinan, and elsewhere to bring academic, government, and private researchers together.—
Eric Berger,
ArsTechnica,
16 Sep. 2025
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“Seats.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/seats. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.
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