capitol hill
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.94 in modern English
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
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The hill in Washington, D.C., on which the Capitol is located, where Congress holds its sessions.
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A neighborhood of Washington, D.C., United States.
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A neighborhood of Denver, Colorado, United States.
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A neighborhood of Seattle, Washington, United States.
Example Sentences
- "She spent a great deal of time culturing new contacts on Capitol Hill."
- "Let me put it this way: The girl in question was no novice to Washington nor to the ways of Capitol Hill."
- "At the same time, the failure of conservatives to invest in Capitol Hill lobbying that could be coordinated with their grass-roots efforts represents a strategic misallocation of resources."
- "The Ninety-fourth Congress would be emphatically Democratic, and Ford's base of support on Capitol Hill would be narrower and weaker."
- "I cannot count how many letters I received from Capitol Hill in the 1990s outlining one scheme or another to spend more or tax less"
- "A political reality of Capitol Hill is that the party in control has always taken care of its own and, as the minority sees it, gives them "the shaft.""