as in senator
a member of an organized body of persons having the authority to make laws
the legislators met in an all-night session to hammer out the details of the bill
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Recent Examples of legislator
The National Flood Insurance Program’s premiums may not fully reflect the true risk of the property, much to the dismay of anyone (environmentalists, legislators, taxpayers) who wants to discourage more building on coastlines and in places that are prone to flooding.
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Ron Lieber, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Democratic legislators argue the shortfall is being sensationalized.
—Stephen Hobbs and, Sacramento Bee, 18 Mar. 2025
The majority of those would give state legislators, rather than voters, the ability to select delegates.
—Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 17 Mar. 2025
Through the years, legislators became emboldened to pass more exemptions to the Florida Sunshine Law – more than 1,100 and growing.
—David Cuillier, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
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Ron Lieber, New York Times, 19 Mar. 2025
Democratic legislators argue the shortfall is being sensationalized.
—Stephen Hobbs and, Sacramento Bee, 18 Mar. 2025
The majority of those would give state legislators, rather than voters, the ability to select delegates.
—Phoebe Petrovic, ProPublica, 17 Mar. 2025
Through the years, legislators became emboldened to pass more exemptions to the Florida Sunshine Law – more than 1,100 and growing.
—David Cuillier, The Conversation, 11 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislator
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On Thursday, senators demanded to know why close calls between military helicopters and passenger planes went unchecked for so long at DCA.—
Ron Estes,
MSNBC Newsweek,
29 Mar. 2025
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That year, foreign agents working for Venable sent the senator’s chief of staff multiple texts and emails attempting to organize a trip to Qatar, according to FARA records.—
Robert Schmad,
The Washington Examiner,
28 Mar. 2025
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More fundamentally, lawmakers should consider ways to apply some basic underwriting discipline to a program that often extends federal loans for dubious degrees.—
Editorial,
Boston Herald,
26 Mar. 2025
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Trump, along with several Republican lawmakers, has called for Boasberg's impeachment over the matter.—
Paul Du Quenoy,
MSNBC Newsweek,
26 Mar. 2025
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Centuries earlier, the ancient lawgiver Solon had sought to curb pleonexia by legislating against luxury and economic inequality.—
David Lay Williams,
TIME,
2 Oct. 2024
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The oil painted portraits of past judges and four marble figures, all historically significant lawgivers, loomed overhead, mounted on the walls of the courtroom.—
Ella Lee,
USA TODAY,
25 May 2023
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“Legislator.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislator. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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