How to Use statehouse in a Sentence

statehouse

noun
Definition of statehousenext
Synonyms for statehousenext
  • Outside the statehouse, the line to enter snaked around the building.
    — The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2022
  • The design of the flag flying over the statehouse might not seem like the kind of thing that would stir deep passions.
    — Kevin Cullen, BostonGlobe.com, 23 July 2023
  • The Ohio statehouse has grown only more lopsided in the past decade.
    — Jane Mayer, The New Yorker, 6 Aug. 2022
  • The effort was vital to stocking the party’s bench and breaking the GOP’s grip on the statehouse.
    — Mark Z. Barabak, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2023
  • Troopers swept the statehouse with guns drawn, clearing the building door by door.
    — Erin Cox, Washington Post, 29 Feb. 2024
  • But its reach expands beyond the city to politicians in the Illinois statehouse.
    — Matt Paprocki, National Review, 16 Apr. 2023
  • The statehouse in Frankfort was one of several around the nation to receive such a threat.
    — Leo Bertucci, The Courier-Journal, 3 Jan. 2024
  • Youngkin has two missions, winning the statehouse and the White House, which are intertwined.
    — Maeve Reston, Washington Post, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The move would have taken power away from the Democrats, who controlled the statehouse and the governor’s office.
    — Megan O’Matz, ProPublica, 18 Aug. 2022
  • In Texas, the leader of the senate is the lieutenant governor, making the job one of the most powerful in any U.S. statehouse.
    — Jim Vertuno and Paul J. Weber, BostonGlobe.com, 21 June 2023
  • Dozens of bills aimed at restricting gay or transgender rights have emerged in the statehouse.
    — Jackie Valley, The Christian Science Monitor, 29 Feb. 2024
  • From coast to coast, housing has emerged as perhaps the biggest statehouse issue this year.
    — David W. Chen, New York Times, 23 Feb. 2024
  • The bill has passed through both chambers of the statehouse and heads to Gov. Andy Beshear, who has 10 days to either sign or veto the legislation.
    — Rachel Smith, The Courier-Journal, 1 Apr. 2024
  • But beyond The Keystone State, this means there are now a record-breaking six Black statehouse speakers across the country.
    — Phillip M. Bailey, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2023
  • The long-term care industry is among the most deep pocketed and well-lobbied interests around the statehouse.
    — Jake Zuckerman, cleveland, 15 Dec. 2022
  • Her two years as governor coincided with my last two years in the statehouse.
    — Eric Cortellessa, Time, 14 Sep. 2022
  • None of the lawmakers, however, pressed Sweeney for evidence, and the bill sailed through the statehouse with little debate.
    — Alison Burdo, ProPublica, 2 June 2022
  • Turnout benefited Democrats, who took control of both statehouses for the first time since 1984.
    — Emily Bazelon, New York Times, 12 Sep. 2023
  • The 2002 Michigan statehouse and senate agreed to make Newberry the state’s moose capital.
    — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 13 Aug. 2022
  • After viewing the former statehouse, drive to Capital Avenue for a free tour of the new State Capitol, one of the prettiest in the country.
    — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 17 July 2023
  • From the beginning, Mr. Dolan, who has served in the statehouse since 2017 and whose family owns the Cleveland Guardians baseball team, has been walking in his own lonely lane.
    — New York Times, 1 May 2022
  • Turner was also the first Muslim in Oklahoma history to serve in the statehouse.
    — Anne Branigin, Washington Post, 11 Nov. 2022
  • Both Kamia Brown, 41, and Geraldine Thompson, 73, represent portions of this district in the statehouse.
    — Ryan Gillespie, Orlando Sentinel, 5 Aug. 2022
  • In statehouses and at school boards, political activism over parental rights had reached a fever pitch.
    — Emma Brown and Peter Jamison, Anchorage Daily News, 29 Aug. 2023
  • As many as 73 bills are currently pending in statehouses, most of them looking to tighten rules around the agreements.
    — Sara Ruberg, NBC News, 20 Apr. 2023
  • DeWine’s spokesman downplayed any contention between the governor’s office and the statehouse.
    — Laura Hancock, cleveland, 30 Aug. 2022
  • He’s tried to ram major policy through the statehouse twice more since then, Taryn Luna reported.
    — David Lauter, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2023
  • The statement effectively killed support for the provision in the statehouse.
    — Aaron Mendelson and Pratheek Rebala, Anchorage Daily News, 1 Nov. 2022
  • Both bills passed the statehouse earlier this month and are awaiting a signature or veto from Gov. Gavin Newsom.
    — Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 Sep. 2023
  • Demonstrations were expected at the statehouse on Monday, when the House was called back into session.
    — Caroline Linton, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2023

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