policymaker

noun

pol·​i·​cy·​mak·​er ˈpä-lə-sē-ˌmā-kər How to pronounce policymaker (audio)
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.William Greider

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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 See all Example Sentences for policymaker 

Word History

First Known Use

1868, in the meaning defined above

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The first known use of policymaker was in 1868

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“Policymaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/policymaker. Accessed 21 Nov. 2024.

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