How to Use legislator in a Sentence

legislator

noun

• Write to your state legislator.
• But legislators have stepped in to mount a hearty defense of the lemonade stand.
  — Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 29 Mar. 2024
• But the legislator who Parker said stopped the bill last year didn’t win re-election.
  — Daniel Walters, Idaho Statesman, 15 Feb. 2024
• While governors have most of the power, state legislators also have a say in the process.
  — Gibbs Knotts, The Conversation, 29 Sep. 2023
• For the first time ever in the history of Virginia, a Black legislator will be the next speaker for the House of Delegates.
  — Rayna Reid Rayford, Essence, 16 Nov. 2023
• That was long ago — 59 years — when Brown first showed up in the state Assembly chamber to be sworn in as a freshman legislator.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 21 Mar. 2024
• At the end of the semester, her teacher urged her to contact legislators.
  — Fortesa Latifi, Washington Post, 6 Sep. 2023
• State legislators and the Alexandria City Council still must approve the deal.
  — Teo Armus, Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2024
• Over decades, a small group of legislators led by a prominent Democrat pushed the gun lobby to help transform the law, the courts and views on the Second Amendment.
  — Mike McIntire, New York Times, 30 July 2023
• How does that affect the legislators and their constituents in a positive way?
  — Brian Amaral, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
• The suspensions came as legislators were due to debate a contentious crime bill.
  — Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 22 Dec. 2023
• Group photos from the time show less than a dozen members in matching shirts holding signs calling out state legislators by name.
  — Brandy Zadrozny, NBC News, 16 Dec. 2023
• The legislative session ends on May 29, and there is still time for legislators to use procedural tactics to bring up the bill again.
  — Ashley Killough, CNN, 24 May 2023
• Meanwhile, state legislators have passed a bill, AB 779, that aims to improve the legal process when disputes over groundwater land in court.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 20 Sep. 2023
• Lowe is asking legislators to back the funding to continue the program.
  — Ana Ramirez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2023
• Boycott organizers did not know the timing would be both serendipitous and solemn, with Nevada legislators fixing the fine print on a bill to bring them to the desert.
  — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 16 June 2023
• But the Democratic state legislator says too many mothers are overburdened by high child care costs.
  — Caitlin Babcock, The Christian Science Monitor, 4 Apr. 2024
• That meant Newsom and legislators didn’t know how much tax revenue to expect before passing the current budget in June.
  — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2024
• In statehouses across the country, these legislators go on and on about the dangers of trans kids being allowed to play sports but fail to provide examples of any of these fears coming true.
  — Condé Nast, SELF, 24 Aug. 2023
• Some of the same legislators that voted for that bill now refuse to support even a toothless education bill aimed at outdoor workers, Wood said.
  — Alex Harris, Miami Herald, 13 Feb. 2024
• There’s worry about a brain drain and who may be the last person standing as veteran legislators depart Capitol Hill.
  — Chad Pergram, Fox News, 11 Dec. 2023
• So how could legislators decide the optimal price to encompass the social cost?
  — Tax Notes Staff, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2024
• The presidency has been vacant since Moïse was killed in his home in July 2021, and legislators’ terms have all expired, but progress toward elections has been slow.
  — Amanda Coletta, Washington Post, 20 Sep. 2023
• What happens next None of the cases are yet scheduled for trial, although there is a March 25 deadline in the state legislators' case for filing any amicus briefs.
  — Mary Jo Pitzl, The Arizona Republic, 8 Mar. 2024
• Still, others applauded the achievement, which is a signal to investors and legislators that the world is moving away from fossil fuels.
  — Will Sullivan, Smithsonian Magazine, 13 Dec. 2023
• David Rudolph, a former state legislator who is chairing the consortium, said it’s hoped grants will begin to be awarded in December.
  — Brian Witte, Baltimore Sun, 19 Sep. 2023
• State legislators pining for single-payer ought to take a look at the disasters unfolding in Canada and Britain.
  — Sally Pipes, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
• Republicans legislators opposed to the law can amend or even repeal it.
  — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 8 Nov. 2023
• Most state baby box laws simply allow the boxes, but some legislators are pushing their states to spend taxpayer money to fund them.
  — Tribune News Service, The Mercury News, 28 Feb. 2024
• The governor has been endorsed by 63 state legislators, according to the campaign.
  — Will McDuffie, ABC News, 27 Sep. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024