as in legislator
a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws
the state's lawmakers worked long into the night drafting a bill that would be acceptable to everyone
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Recent Examples of lawmaker
So far, this election has been light on the specifics, but the state faces real problems — from a failing healthcare system to gas prices that literally mystify even lawmakers.
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Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
Ahead of Pritzker’s first reelection bid in the 2022 general elections, a period of high inflation, lawmakers paused the inflation adjustment for six months.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2026
Territorial violations have become so common in Romania in recent years that lawmakers adopted legislation last year allowing the army to shoot down drones entering its airspace as a last resort.
—Arkansas Online, 30 May 2026
The leadership of the group is largely made up of Republican lawmakers, lawmaker aides and former lawmakers.
—Daniel Rivero, Miami Herald, 30 May 2026
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Los Angeles Times, 30 May 2026
Ahead of Pritzker’s first reelection bid in the 2022 general elections, a period of high inflation, lawmakers paused the inflation adjustment for six months.
—Jeremy Gorner, Chicago Tribune, 30 May 2026
Territorial violations have become so common in Romania in recent years that lawmakers adopted legislation last year allowing the army to shoot down drones entering its airspace as a last resort.
—Arkansas Online, 30 May 2026
The leadership of the group is largely made up of Republican lawmakers, lawmaker aides and former lawmakers.
—Daniel Rivero, Miami Herald, 30 May 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for lawmaker
Noun
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But legislators will need to clear significant hurdles to get there.—
Stephen Hobbs,
Sacbee.com,
28 May 2026
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Click, 60, is a three-term Ohio legislator.—
Sarah Donaldson,
NPR,
28 May 2026
Noun
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Montana’s senior senator and one of its two members of Congress are not running for reelection this year, attracting crowded fields of both Republicans and Democrats seeking to replace them.—
Washington Post staff,
Washington Post,
3 June 2026
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The majority leader needs 50 senators to vote to proceed to the $70 billion immigration funding bill — and then stick together to fend off Democratic amendments.—
Burgess Everett,
semafor.com,
2 June 2026
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“Lawmaker.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/lawmaker. Accessed 3 Jun. 2026.
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