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Recent Examples of general assembly
Virginia’s general assembly is in the midst of this year’s short session, which concludes on Feb. 22.
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Jan. 2025
No legislation related to the prison or potential funding has been filed during the general assembly.
—Worth Sparkman, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
The commission would spend money from the professional sports development fund, which would be funded through general assembly appropriations, grants, gifts and donations.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Presbyterian Church in America, an influential evangelical Christian denomination, gathered for a general assembly in Richmond from June 10-13.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 18 June 2024
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Daniel Libit, Sportico.com, 23 Jan. 2025
No legislation related to the prison or potential funding has been filed during the general assembly.
—Worth Sparkman, Axios, 10 Feb. 2025
The commission would spend money from the professional sports development fund, which would be funded through general assembly appropriations, grants, gifts and donations.
—Alexandra Kukulka, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2025
Presbyterian Church in America, an influential evangelical Christian denomination, gathered for a general assembly in Richmond from June 10-13.
—Liam Adams, The Tennessean, 18 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for general assembly
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The votes were part of a series by the United Methodist Church's top legislative assembly between April 23-May 3 in Charlotte rolling back what many progressive and centrist Methodists viewed as overly restrictive policies.—
Liam Adams,
The Tennessean,
1 May 2024
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Twenty-four days later on June 1 at the West Ohio Conference annual legislative assembly, Cox’s peers cheered and clapped for her during a celebration of ministry service.—
David Farré,
The Tennessean,
10 July 2024
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Two laws since passed by the Florida legislature to pre-empt local zoning regulations appeared to thwart those wishes.—
Andres Viglucci,
Miami Herald,
23 Mar. 2025
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Consider, for example, the redundancy in the good-cause eviction requirement proposals that have been debated by the Maryland legislature.—
Miranda Darden-Willems,
Baltimore Sun,
20 Mar. 2025
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With Republicans currently controlling both houses of Congress by thin margins, significant legislative could certainly follow, but could still prove difficult on some hot button issues.—
Gordon G. Chang,
Newsweek,
24 Jan. 2025
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As Abbott did Texas, Governor Lee then engaged a number of state legislatives races during the 2024 cycle in order to help candidates who support school choice beat those who oppose it.—
Patrick Gleason,
Forbes,
14 Jan. 2025
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“General assembly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/general%20assembly. Accessed 3 Apr. 2025.
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