as in capitol
the building in which a state legislature meets a field trip to the statehouse to see the legislature in session

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Recent Examples of statehouse The next step in determining the future playing venues of the Chiefs and Royals rest with the Missouri statehouse. Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 20 May 2025 Driving the news: The Ohio Legislative Services Commission (LSC), the bipartisan office that reviews statehouse legislation, and DeWine's Office of Budget and Management (OBM) both say the Haslams' math is too optimistic. Sam Allard, Axios, 1 May 2025 Loosely coordinated groups held demonstrations at parks, statehouses and public grounds as protesters gathered in all 50 states and the District of Columbia. Zeke Miller and Michelle L. Price, Los Angeles Times, 5 Mar. 2025 The same phenomenon is on display in a few statehouses. Patrick Gleason, Forbes.com, 29 Apr. 2025 See All Example Sentences for statehouse
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capitol
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  • Two years later, workers began construction on the new state capitol building.
    Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 24 May 2025
  • A week after the initial cuts happened, Moore helped organize protests at the state capitol, Topeka, and in downtown Lawrence.
    Sam Gillette, People.com, 22 May 2025

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“Statehouse.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/statehouse. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.

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