policymaker
noun
pol·i·cy·mak·er
ˈpä-lə-sē-ˌmā-kər 
variants
or less commonly policy maker
or policy-maker
plural policymakers also policy makers or policy-makers
: someone who is responsible for or involved in establishing policy
economic policymakers
He had been a policymaker under four Republican and Democratic Presidents and had spent years on Capitol Hill fencing with congressional committees and lobbying for votes.—
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Power companies, grid experts, tech giants and policymakers are grappling with the fallout after federal regulators late Friday rejected an Amazon effort to power one of its data centers with a nearby nuclear power plant.
—Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
In response to the most recent reports, a group of OB-GYNs told Texas officials and policymakers in an open letter that the two women — Josseli Barnica, 28, and Nevaeh Crain, 18 — should still be alive.
—Randi Richardson, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
But the taxation of tips has been the subject of a lot of debate for a long time, mostly because policymakers thought that tipped workers were skipping out on their real tax burden.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
How policymakers should respond depends on whether the capabilities gap between open and closed models is shrinking or widening.
—Tharin Pillay, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
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Alan Neuhauser, Axios, 5 Nov. 2024
In response to the most recent reports, a group of OB-GYNs told Texas officials and policymakers in an open letter that the two women — Josseli Barnica, 28, and Nevaeh Crain, 18 — should still be alive.
—Randi Richardson, NBC News, 5 Nov. 2024
But the taxation of tips has been the subject of a lot of debate for a long time, mostly because policymakers thought that tipped workers were skipping out on their real tax burden.
—Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 5 Nov. 2024
How policymakers should respond depends on whether the capabilities gap between open and closed models is shrinking or widening.
—Tharin Pillay, TIME, 5 Nov. 2024
See all Example Sentences for policymaker
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