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Since news of the deal broke, he said he has met with the system chancellors, provosts, program directors and faculty senates about the acquisition.

From Washington Post • Mar. 31, 2023

State senates range in size from twenty members in Alaska to sixty-seven members in Minnesota.

From Textbooks • Jul. 28, 2021

The Missouri and North Carolina senates currently are the only chambers offering just audio, which can make it difficult for listeners to recognize the speakers.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 14, 2021

The animosity has spread to the 50 statehouses and the 7,382 people who serve in the houses and senates there.

From Salon • Jun. 24, 2012

The art of oratory may soon be held to be almost a doubtful boon—at any rate, so far as senates and parliaments are concerned. 

From Cities of the Dawn by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)