as in legislative
a group of people with the power to make or change laws
Our legislature passed a law requiring people to wear safety belts. Each state has its own legislature. state legislatures
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Recent Examples of legislature
Being Mississippi, a state that prides itself on its southern civility, each time something significant passes in the state legislature, there is a tendency to pretend that change ...
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Douglas Carswell, National Review, 2 Apr. 2025
But that bill has hit snags in the state legislature, primarily in the form of resistance from four-year institutions who view it as an encroachment on their territory and a threat to their efforts to maintain enrollment numbers in a highly competitive environment.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Beyond concerns over consumer discretionary spending, sentiment in betting stocks was further battered by the Georgia legislature failing to advance a sports betting bill for 2025, leaving it possible just one new U.S. market—Missouri—will open up to sports wagering this year.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Reform bills are under consideration by state legislatures in Hawaii, Montana, and elsewhere.
—Lauren Sausser | Kff Health News, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025
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Douglas Carswell, National Review, 2 Apr. 2025
But that bill has hit snags in the state legislature, primarily in the form of resistance from four-year institutions who view it as an encroachment on their territory and a threat to their efforts to maintain enrollment numbers in a highly competitive environment.
—Michael T. Nietzel, Forbes.com, 2 Apr. 2025
Beyond concerns over consumer discretionary spending, sentiment in betting stocks was further battered by the Georgia legislature failing to advance a sports betting bill for 2025, leaving it possible just one new U.S. market—Missouri—will open up to sports wagering this year.
—Brendan Coffey, Sportico.com, 1 Apr. 2025
Reform bills are under consideration by state legislatures in Hawaii, Montana, and elsewhere.
—Lauren Sausser | Kff Health News, ABC News, 31 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for legislature
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This column is about one important concept: that our system of government is made up of three equal parts: the legislative, the executive and the judicial.—
Daniel R. Depetris,
Newsweek,
25 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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The devastating narrative has inspired a societal reckoning, with United Kingdom Prime Minister Keir Starmer addressing parliament with his concerns.—
Don Riddell,
CNN Money,
30 Mar. 2025
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In elections earlier this month, pro-independence parties won the most seats in parliament but neither want to be part of the U.S. Greenland is now forming a coalition government in the wake of the election.—
Ivan Pereira,
ABC News,
28 Mar. 2025
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For his first day of work in June 1999, Scott Smith arrived at the makeshift bat factory, a three-level brick corner house in Ottawa with a stop sign sprouting up from the tree-lawn shrubs.—
Zack Meisel,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2025
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Plus, there’s a two-level guest house with its own kitchen and living area.—
Tori Latham,
Robb Report,
7 Apr. 2025
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As this congress made clear, Xi wants to demonstrate that the CCP under his leadership has both the audacity and the capacity to translate this bold new vision into reality.—
Kevin Rudd,
Foreign Affairs,
9 Nov. 2022
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In a message from his prison on an island off Istanbul, Ocalan said that the Kurdistan Workers' Party, or PKK, should hold a congress and decide to disband.—
ROBERT BADENDIECK AND SUZAN FRASER THE ASSOCIATED PRESS,
arkansasonline.com,
28 Feb. 2025
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“Legislature.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/legislature. Accessed 14 Apr. 2025.
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