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Filibuster | Filibustered | Filibustering | Filibusters

Filibuster meaning

  1. A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
  2. A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate.
  3. A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction.

Synonyms of Filibuster

filibusterer stymy stymie hinder block blockade obstruct holdup delay delayer legislator embarrass

Related words

Other words often associated with Filibuster or its synonyms:

prevent foreclose forestall preclude impede obstruction forbid occlude jam position inactivity situation

Using Filibuster

  • The main meaning on this page is: A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force. | A tactic (such as giving long, often irrelevant speeches) employed to delay the proceedings of, or the making of a decision by, a legislative body, particularly the United States Senate. | A member of a legislative body causing such an obstruction.
  • Useful related words include: filibusterer, stymy, stymie, hinder.
  • In the example corpus, filibuster often appears in combinations such as: the filibuster, senate filibuster, filibuster and.

Context around Filibuster

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 23.4 words
  • Position in the sentence: 1 start, 11 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

senate 3× modern 1× gop 1× republican 1× gain 1× long 1× legislative 1× change 1×

Often after:

proof 2× loophole 1× altogether 1× passing 1× rules 1×

Sentence patterns with Filibuster

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

a gop filibuster in the 1× a senate filibuster 1× attempted republican filibuster by a 1× brookfield to filibuster those bills 1× defending the filibuster 1× democrats gain filibuster proof control 1× dismantling the filibuster passing a 1× hour long filibuster in 2013 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

by contrast under 1× cnn s kate 1× elimination of the 1× exactly how he 1× expanding the supreme 1× gop nebraska state 1×

Common sentence endings:

a senate filibuster 1× are probably worse 1× attention to himself 1× chamber was unclear 1× defending the filibuster 1× ends at midnight 1×

Words around Filibuster

Just before it in the word index:

filiberto 6 filibeck 3 filiault 3 filiations 2 filiation 11 filial 40

Just after it in the word index:

filibustered 11 filibustering 9 filibusters 5 filice 3 filicetti 2 filicide 3

Similar in corpus frequency:

abbie 104 abort 104 adf 104 airway 104 aishwarya 104 amgen 104

Corpus analysis for Filibuster

  • In this selection, "filibuster" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 23.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, senate, modern, gop, proof, loophole and altogether stand out and add context to how "filibuster" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include a gop filibuster in the and a senate filibuster. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "filibuster" sits close to words such as abbie, abort and adf, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with filibuster

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

It still has to deal with a Senate filibuster. (9 words)

Elimination of the filibuster altogether is likely improbable, Kessler said. (10 words)

CNN's Kate Bolduan dismissively brushed off at Donald surrogate's filibuster on the economy. (15 words)

Longer example sentences

Exactly how he would make that happen is unclear, given the legislature’s tradition of unlimited debate and a vow by Senate Minority Leader Stephen Harding, R-Brookfield, to filibuster those bills until the session ends at midnight. (38 words)

Instead, he said ''there will never be that chance'' because Republicans, even if they take back the Senate in November, would not have the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster and bring the bill to a vote. (38 words)

In other words, the odds of a judicial ethics bill overcoming a GOP filibuster in the Senate are effectively zero, and the odds of success in the Republican-led House are probably worse. (33 words)

Example sentences (20)

By contrast, under the modern filibuster, any senator can effortlessly kill legislation with a telephone call threatening to filibuster, without drawing attention to himself.

GOP Nebraska state senator complains that Dem Hunt's filibuster of antitrans bill kept her from her grandkid's preschool graduation.

How the pair would defeat a GOP with a filibuster-proof majority in the upper chamber was unclear.

In other words, the odds of a judicial ethics bill overcoming a GOP filibuster in the Senate are effectively zero, and the odds of success in the Republican-led House are probably worse.

In the end, both sides caved a little, joining forces to and then to create a one-time filibuster loophole that allowed Senate Democrats to with a simple majority vote.

It’s very similar to when the Democrats in the Senate originally started weakening the filibuster to gain some political leverage.

It was the first such major gun control law to pass through both legislative houses since 1994’s now-expired assault weapons ban, bypassing an attempted Republican filibuster by a mere six votes.

Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer vowed recently to enact more climate legislation should Democrats gain filibuster-proof control of lawmaking in the 2024 election.

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But she said federal abortion legislation is because of the Senate filibuster but she would sign it if she were president.

CNN's Kate Bolduan dismissively brushed off at Donald surrogate's filibuster on the economy.

Elimination of the filibuster altogether is likely improbable, Kessler said.

Exactly how he would make that happen is unclear, given the legislature’s tradition of unlimited debate and a vow by Senate Minority Leader Stephen Harding, R-Brookfield, to filibuster those bills until the session ends at midnight.

Expanding the Supreme Court, dismantling the filibuster, passing a new Voting Rights Act — these are only the first steps.

Harris has also said that she supports elimination of the Senate filibuster for abortion rights.

In college, he worked for the campaign of then-state senator Wendy Davis, who famously held a 13-hour-long filibuster in 2013 to block legislation that would have imposed harsher abortion restrictions.

Instead, he said ''there will never be that chance'' because Republicans, even if they take back the Senate in November, would not have the 60 votes needed to overcome a filibuster and bring the bill to a vote.

It still has to deal with a Senate filibuster.

McConnell’s newly elected successor as party leader, Senator John Thune of South Dakota, reiterated his commitment to the legislative filibuster after winning a secret-ballot election for the role.

Only the stubborn refusal of two Democratic senators to change filibuster rules stopped the bill from becoming law.

Sinema, tight-lipped with the press, offered a curt response to the Democrats now defending the filibuster.

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Common combinations with filibuster

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "filibuster" in a sentence?
An example: "By contrast, under the modern filibuster, any senator can effortlessly kill legislation with a telephone call threatening to filibuster, without drawing attention to himself." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "filibuster" from authentic English texts.
What does "filibuster" mean?
Filibuster means: A mercenary soldier; a freebooter; specifically, a mercenary who travelled illegally in an organized group from the United States to a country in Central America or the Spanish West Indies in the mid-19th century seeking economic and political benefits through armed force.
What are synonyms of "filibuster"?
Common synonyms of "filibuster" include: filibusterer, stymy, stymie, hinder, block, blockade, obstruct, holdup. Plus 4 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "filibuster" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "filibuster", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.