congresswoman
noun
con·gress·wom·an
ˈkäŋ-(g)rəs-ˌwu̇-mən 
: a woman who is a member of a congress
especially
: a woman who is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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Mexico went from having 26% congresswomen in 2011, to 42% in 2015, and 48% just ahead of the Sunday vote.
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Viri Rios, TIME, 3 June 2024
In December, testifying before a House committee hearing on antisemitism on college campuses, three elite-university presidents equivocated when Elise Stefanik, a Republican congresswoman from New York, asked them whether calling for the genocide of Jews would violate the rules on their campuses.
—Charles Homans Gabra Zackman Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 29 May 2024
It was meant, in my opinion, to make Crockett, a new congresswoman elected in 2023, feel embarrassed and out of place.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
No, this deep-red district has been skeptical of the congresswoman, at least to start.
—Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 10 May 2024
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Viri Rios, TIME, 3 June 2024
In December, testifying before a House committee hearing on antisemitism on college campuses, three elite-university presidents equivocated when Elise Stefanik, a Republican congresswoman from New York, asked them whether calling for the genocide of Jews would violate the rules on their campuses.
—Charles Homans Gabra Zackman Anna Diamond Quinton Kamara, New York Times, 29 May 2024
It was meant, in my opinion, to make Crockett, a new congresswoman elected in 2023, feel embarrassed and out of place.
—Anita Chabria, Los Angeles Times, 21 May 2024
No, this deep-red district has been skeptical of the congresswoman, at least to start.
—Kaleigh Rogers, ABC News, 10 May 2024
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congresswoman
noun
con·gress·wom·an
-ˌwu̇m-ən
: a woman who is a member of a congress
especially
: a woman who is a member of the U.S. House of Representatives
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