Definitions
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- proper noun The building in Washington, D.C., where the Congress of the United States meets.
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Examples
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After last year's debacle over religious symbols in the capitol rotunda, state officials have issued new permanent rules barring all nongovernment displays inside the Capitol campus building.
AlterNet.org Main RSS Feed Sandhya Bathija, Church and State 2009
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Siegel recalls that "He's So Fine," their first effort with the sublime girl group The Chiffons, was thought "too trite" for even b-side status by their label Capitol.
Michael Sigman: 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight' at 50: A Song for the Ages Michael Sigman 2011
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I don't think I've ever read the phrase "Capitol Hill" in any of his books.
NPR Topics: News 2011
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She was dressed in what she calls her Capitol Hill uniform: a navy blue suit with a conservative straight skirt and a beige blouse, finished off with panty hose, sensible short-heeled navy pumps, and discreet gold jewelry.
At First Sight CATHERINE HAPKA 2010
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She was dressed in what she calls her Capitol Hill uniform: a navy blue suit with a conservative straight skirt and a beige blouse, finished off with panty hose, sensible short-heeled navy pumps, and discreet gold jewelry.
At First Sight CATHERINE HAPKA 2010
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The selection of the place for what we call the Capitol and the White House, which were then called the Federal House and the Palace for the President, near which the ministerial departments were to be built, had been the result of a good deal of thinking and comparing.
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Discovering the hard way that the art and music world do not co-exist, along with the disintegration of their label Capitol, Casey and Warren found their way back to their original ethos.
JamBase 2009
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No one in Capitol Hill can in good conscience say that the people of this country do not deserve the same type of access to healthcare that they have as elected officials.
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Democratic leadership sources admitted that a major motivation for keeping the senators at the Capitol is to keep negotiations going and reach a compromise on a proposed public health care option.
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Yelling inside the Capitol is STRICT LIABILITY, like you get Ticketed for jumping a Red Light, with no Exceptions.
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