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as in parliament
the highest lawmaking body of a political unit the national emergency required a special session of congress
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as in meeting
a coming together of a number of persons for a specified purpose following World War I a great congress of world leaders took place in Paris to plan the postwar world
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as in organization
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest the Canada Trades and Labor Congress
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as in sex
sexual union involving penetration of the vagina by the penis laws that once prohibited congress between people of different races
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Recent Examples of congress The list of signatories includes many of the field’s most prominent names, more than 50 of whom have spoken at previous congresses. —
Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026 Before the World Cup, Iranian soccer officials are due to attend FIFA’s annual congress on April 30 in Vancouver. —Graham Dunbar, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026 The Iranian federation was unable to attend meetings in Atlanta last week to help teams prepare for the 48-nation tournament but is due to attend FIFA's annual congress in Canada next month. —Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026 The shooting-range event came after the conclusion of a congress of the Korean Workers’ Party, a largely rubber-stamp political gathering of the nation’s elite, where Kim’s leadership was reaffirmed by unanimous vote. —Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for congress
Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 26 Mar. 2026 Before the World Cup, Iranian soccer officials are due to attend FIFA’s annual congress on April 30 in Vancouver. —Graham Dunbar, Chicago Tribune, 13 Mar. 2026 The Iranian federation was unable to attend meetings in Atlanta last week to help teams prepare for the 48-nation tournament but is due to attend FIFA's annual congress in Canada next month. —Paulina Dedaj, FOXNews.com, 13 Mar. 2026 The shooting-range event came after the conclusion of a congress of the Korean Workers’ Party, a largely rubber-stamp political gathering of the nation’s elite, where Kim’s leadership was reaffirmed by unanimous vote. —Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 28 Feb. 2026 See All Example Sentences for congress
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The urgency was underscored in parliament last week, where the National Nuclear Regulator CEO Ditebogo Kgomo told lawmakers that the government was casting a wide net to source reactor operators, safety specialists, and engineering consultants.— Tiisetso Motsoeneng, semafor.com, 27 Apr. 2026
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The agreement now requires ratification by parliament and is expected to pass after the opposition New Zealand Labour Party backed it, despite resistance from coalition partner and populist minor party New Zealand First.— ABC News, ABC News, 27 Apr. 2026
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent hosted the meeting, which was also attended by Vice President JD Vance and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.— Christopher Cann, USA Today, 30 Apr. 2026
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Since 2022, the Irish have stationed a permanent police liaison officer in the Emirates, and have regularly flown senior police officers and political figures to the Emirates for meetings.— Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
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Meanwhile, Charles is expected to visit a grassroots community organization, Harlem Grown, which created a sustainable after-school urban farming initiative in an effort to combat food insecurity.— Emma Caughlan, NBC news, 30 Apr. 2026
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In the past decade, the leadership of the Kinahan organization has become rich and cosmopolitan, and their life styles have started to resemble those of international businessmen more than of street hoodlums.— Ed Caesar, New Yorker, 30 Apr. 2026
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The findings, from 1,592 U.S. citizens of different ages, sexes, races and incomes, were collected between Dec. 20 and Dec. 22.— Nicholas Rice, PEOPLE, 28 Dec. 2025
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On his first day in office, Mr. Trump signed an executive order that declared the federal government would recognize only two immutable sexes: male and female.— CBS News, CBS News, 18 Dec. 2025
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Three of the legislature’s four caucuses — Democrats in the Senate and both parties in the House — have produced detailed plans on spending and revenue.— Keith M. Phaneuf, Hartford Courant, 25 Apr. 2026
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The state legislature could soon curb that behavior.— Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 24 Apr. 2026
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But even that is uncertain; Bianco won more delegates at the state party convention, though neither candidate cleared the threshold needed to win a formal endorsement.— Ben Paviour, Sacbee.com, 26 Apr. 2026
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The New England cannabis convention going on the same day in Boston has more juice than the GOP confab in Worcester.— Joe Battenfeld, Boston Herald, 25 Apr. 2026
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It's based on Fraunhofer's own MorphoColor coating technology, which a team from the institute presented in a paper that appeared in IEEE Journal of Photovoltaics back in 2021.— Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 24 Apr. 2026
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The novel approach builds on the institute’s MorphoColor technology, a bio-inspired coating for solar panels.— Georgina Jedikovska, Interesting Engineering, 23 Apr. 2026
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But, of course, thousands of American companies had trade and relations with China.— Charles Bethea, New Yorker, 26 Apr. 2026
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Armenia has enjoyed warm relations with Iran in recent years, with Tehran backing Armenia to counterbalance Jerusalem’s backing of Azerbaijan.— Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 25 Apr. 2026
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