CONGRESS in a Sentence

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The negotiators reach agreement and a fast track legislation that would allow passage through the US congress without amendments.

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 Meanings and Examples of CONGRESS
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
congress
 n.  meeting of elected or appointed representatives
Classic Sentence:
1  The congress of Vienna consulted that crime before consummating its own.
Les Misérables 3 By Victor Hugo
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 4: CHAPTER I—A GROUP WHICH BARELY MISSED BECOMING HISTORIC
Example Sentence:
1  The committee held its founding congress in the capital, Riga.
2  It is decided that their proposal will be put before the first plenary session of the congress.
3  Then the congress elected its presidium.
4  Three hundred delegates attended the Liberal party congress.
5  Some radicals may oppose him in protest at the attempt of his supporters to stage-manage the congress.
6  His position as leader will be under threat at a party congress due next month.
7  The general secretary opened the congress on global warming.
8  Just a day after congress granted him special powers he has begun turning the screws on the international oil companies.
9  The negotiators reach agreement and a fast track legislation that would allow passage through the US congress without amendments.