Governing bodies
The crossword clue "Governing bodies" is answered by SENATES, a 7-letter entry. Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2022. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
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SENATES
7 letters. See every clue for this answer on the SENATES answer page.
Used 10 times across 10 distinct years; most recently in 2022. It appears in 6 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
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Other clues for SENATES
Every other clue in this collection answered by SENATES, most used first.
- Legislative bodies - used 29 times, most recently in 2025
- Deliberative bodies - used 7 times, most recently in 2018
- Legislatures. - used 7 times, most recently in 2000
- Lawmaking groups - used 6 times, most recently in 2021
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